syndetic

American

[sin-det-ik] / sɪnˈdɛt ɪk /

Sometimes syndetical

adjective

serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.
Grammar.
1. conjunctive.
2. connected by a conjunction.

syndetic British

/ sɪnˈdɛtɪk /

adjective

denoting a grammatical construction in which two clauses are connected by a conjunction Compare asyndetic

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Other Word Forms

syndetically adverb

Etymology

Origin of syndetic

1615–25; < Greek syndetikós, equivalent to sýndet ( os ) bound together ( syn- syn- + de- ( syndesis ) + -tos verbid suffix) + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

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Syndetic, -al, sin-det′ik, -al, adj. connecting by conjunctions, &c.

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