adjective
/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ verb C2- To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
- To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective. · For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjective.
He/she/it adjectives · Past adjectived · Past participle adjectived · -ing form adjectiving
Verb forms
- Base form
- adjective
- He/she/it
- adjectives
- Past
- adjectived
- Past participle
- adjectived
- -ing form
- adjectiving
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I do not know whether the spotted handkerchiefs which so many of them wear over their heads might have suggested the strange adjective which she used.”
Every choice of adjective, every subtle shift in cadence, bore the unmistakable fingerprint of her own deeply ingrained literary sensibilities.
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