adj.
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adjacent.
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adjective.
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adjoining.
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adjourned.
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adjudged.
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adjunct.
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Banking. adjustment.
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adjutant.
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adjective
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Also: adjt. adjutant
Example Sentences
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Alden O'Brien, Washington, DC, US Gobsmacked, adj. flabbergasted: struck dumb with awe or amazement.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2012
Destruct: v.t., barbarism of destroy; also adj., as used in "destruct button."
From Time Magazine Archive
The first part is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Wistful, wist′fōōl, adj. hushed: full of thought: thoughtful: earnest: eager, wishful, longing.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Vulgar, vul′gar, adj. pertaining to or used by the common people, native: public: common; national, vernacular: mean or low: rude.—n. the common people: the common language of a country.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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