adjectival

[ aj-ik-tahy-vuhl ]

adjective

1. of, relating 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.

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjectival¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; adjective + -al ¹

Example Sentences

When the exact sense was lost, the suffix -al seemed to be adjectival, and the word dismal became at last an adjective.

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We should try to render this in translation, not be content with some bloodless adjectival abstraction plus "is."

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In huss, the German for goose, we may recognise the oose without its adjectival ‘g’.

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Their adjectival energy is greater; they are more given to extravagances of style, both in point of sentiment and of humor.

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So in the adjectival clause; as, 'He struck the poor dog, which (and it, or although it) had never done him harm.'

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