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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 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- adjectivally adverb
- nonadjectival adjective
- nonadjectivally adverb
- preadjectival adjective
- preadjectivally adverb
51³Ô¹Ï 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.â€
“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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