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adjectival
[ aj-ik-tahy-vuhl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or used as an adjective.
- describing by means of many adjectives; depending for effect on intensive qualification of subject matter, as a writer, style, or essay.
Other Word Forms
- j·پv· adverb
- ԴDza··پv adjective
- ԴDza··پv·ly adverb
- a··پv adjective
- a··پv·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of adjectival1
Example Sentences
“Going Dutch” is a contemporary military workplace family comedy, not necessarily in that adjectival order.
Dederer is continually trying — not in the adjectival sense, but as the present participle: showing us her thought process, correcting as she goes and experimenting with different forms.
Many verb and adjectival forms being feminine, regular mention of captivity, and recurring names - such as Walsingham - all put them on the trail of Mary.
They complain that some playwrights, like Pinter, got the classier adjectival ending “-esque” even as they each wound up with “-ian.”
“Children are a crushing responsibility,” Leda tells Callie at one point, Colman’s steady gaze and adjectival emphasis only heightening her character’s allure.
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