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in⋅es⋅sive

  [in-es-iv] Grammar
Use inessive in a Sentence
–adjective
1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or within which.
–noun
2. the inessive case.
Origin:
1885–90; < L iness(e) to be in, at, or on (in- in- 2 + esse to be; see is ) + -ive
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in·es·sive   (ĭn'ěs'ĭv)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating placement within a location in some languages, as in Finnish Helsinkissä "in Helsinki."
n.  

  1. The inessive case.

  2. A word or form in the inessive case.

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