Adjectival
of, relating to, or used as an .
describing by means of many ; depending for effect on intensive qualification of subject matter, as a writer, style, or essay.
historical examples
there are some adjectival surnames which are not immediately recognizable.
the romance of names ernest weekley
the yellow beak is long and curved, hence the adjectival “scimitar.”
birds of the indian hills douglas dewar
in huss, the german for goose, we may recognise the oose without its adjectival ‘g’.
archaic england harold bayley
they are formed by adding the adjectival suffix -a to the cardinals.
a complete grammar of esperanto ivy kellerman reed
in the first place the crude form seric was neither latin nor greek, so that the -ic could not be adjectival.
opuscula robert gordon latham
they are essentially adjectives, and follow the adjectival rules as to the formation of the plural and the accusative.
the international auxiliary language esperanto george c-x
the adjectival form has, as seen above, a tendency to make the vowel of the preceding syllable small: old, elder.
the english language robert gordon latham
apps is sometimes for asp, the tree now called by the adjectival name aspen (cf. linden).
the romance of names ernest weekley
in no. 19-1 word is adjectival in meaning, and can45 no more take a comma than can good in good man.
why we punctuate william livingston klein
to interpret an adjectival nickname we must go to its meaning in chaucer and his contemporaries.
the romance of names ernest weekley
adj.
1797, from adjective + -al (1).
adjective
euphemistic subst-tute for an expletive adjective: you adjectival idiot! (1850+)
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