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Definition of Descriptive adjective
1. Noun. An adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., 'a nervous person' or 'a musical speaking voice').
Definition of Descriptive adjective
1. Noun. an adjective that describes a noun ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Descriptive Adjective
Literary usage of Descriptive adjective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"A descriptive adjective is one that expresses some quality or attribute of the
object designated by the noun. Also the two participles usually have ..."
2. Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language: Being an by John Mulligan (1874)
"THE descriptive adjective USED TO COMPLETE NOUNS. —The learner has already acquired
some knowledge of this use of the descriptive adjective from the ..."
3. Projects in Action English: Socialized Recitations in Composition and Grammar by Fannie O. Johansen (1920)
"Required: an inverted sentence. a descriptive adjective. an adjective phrase.
an adverbial phrase. (A short period of time for thinking was required ..."
4. English Grammar by Chestine Gowdy (1901)
"A Purely descriptive adjective is an adjective that expresses an attribute, but
does not affect the application of the noun or pronoun to which it belongs ..."
5. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Moat important is a descriptive adjective; superlative degree, comparison regular
... Right la a descriptive adjective ; positive degree, not admitting of ..."
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