adjunctive

[ uh-juhngk-tiv ]

adjective

1. forming an adjunct.

Other Words From

• ad·junctive·ly adverb
• nonad·junctive adjective
• nonad·junctive·ly adverb
• unad·junctive adjective
• unad·junctive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjunctive¹

First recorded in 1745–55; adjunct + -ive

Example Sentences

The rendering of it is not an adjunctive performance, not a mere extraneous decoration.

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Some adjunctive therapies lend themselves very well to use by individuals on their own.

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They were known to our soldiers as the “Red Hats”—the phrase not unfrequently coupled with a rude adjunctive.

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The rest of the surroundings and accessories of Versailles are mere adjunctive details of those chief features here mentioned.

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Related Words

• ancillary