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ad⋅jec⋅ti⋅val

  [aj-ik-tahy-vuhl]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or used as an adjective.
2. describing by means of many adjectives; depending for effect on intensive qualification of subject matter, as a writer, style, or essay.
Origin:
1790–1800; adjective + -al 1

Related forms:
ad⋅jec⋅ti⋅val⋅ly, adverb
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ad·jec·ti·val   (āj'ĭk-tī'vəl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or functioning as an adjective.
ad'jec·ti'val·ly adv.
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Adjectival

Ad`jec*ti"val\, a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. --W. Taylor (1797)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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