interjection
noun
the act of interjecting.
interjectional
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a word derived from
interjection.
Example Sentences
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Burges Johnson is dissatisfied with American profanity and hopes for an enrichment of all its forms: the oath denunciatory, the oath asseverative, the oath interjectional, the malediction.
From Time Magazine Archive
As he read on, more than once he punctuated his reading with interjectional remarks; evidently what he read occasioned him profound surprise.
From A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh
If the patient is poor, the Tchutgour visiting him can evidently be only an inferior Tchutgour, requiring merely a brief, off-hand prayer, sometimes merely an interjectional exorcism.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Evariste Regis Huc
Frank paused a few moments, but the observation not being sufficiently definite for Joe, who was deep in the enjoyment of his first pipe, no reply was made beyond an interjectional “h’m.”
From Digging for Gold Adventures in California by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Often, too, children imitate the interjections used by members of the family—hop! patsch, bauz! an interjectional echolalia.
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer
