substantival
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of substantival
First recorded in 1825–35; substantive + -al 1
Example Sentences
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N.B.—There are three forms of participles, the adjectival, substantival, and adverbial.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
Proper names they had not as a rule, but they are getting cult-titles under the influence of a priesthood, which titles may in time perhaps attain to something of the definiteness of substantival names.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
Every musical term, adjectival, substantival, occurs to us as we read the thousand and odd pages of the two volumes.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd
In a substantival form, the term is used in physical geography for a level tract.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
Besides these, substantival and adverbial numerals can be used.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
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