possessive adjective

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby possessive adjective

possessed by, possession, possession is nine points of the law, possession order, possessive, possessive adjective, possessive pronoun, possessory, posset, possibilism, possibility

How to use possessive adjective in a sentence

This time he decline to offer an adjective, said he would leave it to others to go through the tea leaves of the election.
In Press Conference, Obama Turns Conciliatory—Mostly|Eleanor Clift|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How could I have written something so, so (fill in the negative adjective)?
Kerouac Biographer Gets Back on the Road|Dennis McNally|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And so we are all supposed to denote something from “working mother” as a descriptive adjective.
The New Right-Wing Idol: Working Moms|Tim Teeman|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You use an adjective, it better be a sixty-four-dollar adjective.
Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean|Pete Dexter|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The French have an adjective that the English language lacks—“digest.”
Yes, Women Can Make Great Wine|Jordan Salcito|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pope-holy; properly an adjective, meaning 'holy as a pope,' hence, hypocritical.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
When the exact sense was lost, the suffix -al seemed to be adjectival, and the word dismal became at last an adjective.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
This is the termination of the present participle and verbal adjective derived from verbs in -a.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
This is wrong, and probably due to the dropping of the final e in the definite adjective firste.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Once more there is no definition of the term able-bodied, which is used sometimes as an adjective and sometimes as a substantive.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb