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Definition of Appositively
1. Adverb. In an appositive manner. "This adjective is used appositively"
Definition of Appositively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appositively
Literary usage of Appositively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Outlines of English Syntax by Leon Kellner (1913)
"The personal pronoun is strengthened by self. "Self" used appositively. § 291.
As in Gothic and Old High German, self is in Old English first an adjective, ..."
2. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"Cardinal numbers, like the kindred both and all, may he added appositively to
personal pronouns, Old-Engl.: What I take of yow tivo (P. ..."
3. Essentials of English Grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1885)
"The participles and participle-phrases are used with the utmost freedom
appositively (376), or with the construction of an adjective more loosely attached ..."
4. A Practical Introduction to Greek Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1849)
"507 ^-n adjective тлу be considered as placed appositively, if it follows its
substantive, with or without the article repeated. Thus in ' the wretched and ..."
5. English Grammar by George Rice Carpenter (1906)
"appositively (its most important use). Seeing the sunshine, /threw open the( window.
He urged on his men, already assured of victory. 6. ..."
6. An English Grammar for the Higher Grades in Grammar Schools by William Dwight Whitney, Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood (1897)
"Bright is an adjective of quality; of the positive degree; compared, bright,
brighter, brightest; used appositively after the noun wild-flowers, ..."
7. Advanced Lessons in English Grammar: For Use in Higher Grammar Classes by William Henry Maxwell (1891)
"An adjective, accompanying a pronoun, is generally used appositively: He, courted
and flattered, ... Participles are nearly always used appositively; and, ..."
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