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Webster 1913 Edition


Adjectival

Adˊjec-ti′val

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Adj.
Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.
W. Taylor (1797)

Definition 2024


adjectival

adjectival

English

Adjective

adjectival (comparative more adjectival, superlative most adjectival)

  1. (grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
    adjectival syntax[2]
    adjectival noun
  2. (law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.

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Noun

adjectival (plural adjectivals)

  1. An adjectival phrase or clause.

References

  1. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. adjectival” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

French

Etymology

adjective + -al

Adjective

adjectival m (feminine singular adjectivale, masculine plural adjectivaux, feminine plural adjectivales)

  1. adjectival