adjectival
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.
Origin of adjectival
1Other words from adjectival
- ad·jec·ti·val·ly, adverb
- non·ad·jec·ti·val, adjective
- non·ad·jec·ti·val·ly, adverb
- pre·ad·jec·ti·val, adjective
- pre·ad·jec·ti·val·ly, adverb
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How to use adjectival in a sentence
When the exact sense was lost, the suffix -al seemed to be adjectival, and the word dismal became at last an adjective.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerWe should try to render this in translation, not be content with some bloodless adjectival abstraction plus "is."
Instigations | Ezra PoundIn huss, the German for goose, we may recognise the oose without its adjectival ‘g’.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyTheir adjectival energy is greater; they are more given to extravagances of style, both in point of sentiment and of humor.
So in the adjectival clause; as, 'He struck the poor dog, which (and it, or although it) had never done him harm.'
The Verbalist | Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
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