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Definition of Qualifying 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').
Lexicographical Neighbors of Qualifying Adjective
Literary usage of Qualifying adjective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"But it la also used, especially when used without any qualifying adjective or
phrase, to signify art in its higher manifestations, or art par excellence, ..."
2. A Practical Grammar: In which Words, Phrases, and Sentences are Classified by Stephen W. Clark (1853)
"describe a noun by expressing a quality, is a qualifying adjective." Vaults ....
is a name; hence a Noun—for " the name of a being, place, " Expresses a ..."
3. A Grammar Containing the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language: For by William Swinton (1885)
"The fields are green. green is a qualifying adjective, tlie complement of the
... happy is a qualifying adjective, the complement of the passive verb " are ..."
4. A Grammar Containing the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language: For by William Swinton (1877)
"The fields are green. green is a qualifying adjective, the complement of ...
Leave the lily pale, and tinge the violet blue. pale is a qualifying adjective, ..."
5. A Grammar Containing the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language: For by William Swinton (1878)
"The fields are green. green is a qualifying adjective, the complement of ...
Leave the lily pale, and tinge the violet blue. pale is a qualifying adjective, ..."
6. A Grammar of the English Language by Samuel Stillman Greene (1867)
"A qualifying adjective is one which limits the meaning of a noun, by denoting
some property ... When a qualifying adjective represents an object understood, ..."
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