gerundialadj.
/dʒɪˈrʌndɪəl/ Pertaining to or of the nature of a gerund. Also quasi-n., elliptical for gerundial infinitive.
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gerundive1612
gerundial1846
gerundival1884
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Latham).
1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) 47 The English..dropped the characteristic ending of the gerundial, thus reducing it to the infinitive form.
1872 R. Morris Hist. Outl. Eng. Accidence xiii. 177 The infinitive had a dative form expressed by the suffix e, and governed by the preposition to. This is sometimes called the gerundial infinitive.
Derivatives
geˈrundially adv.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adverb] > specific
appellatively1613
collectively1641
gerundively1849
gerundially1860
1860 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. xxix. 655 The Icelandic active participle is used gerundially as a passive.
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adj.1846- pouty
- pov
- poverance
- poveretto
- poverish
- poverished
- poverishing
- poverishment
- poverties
- povertness
- poverty
- poverty level
- poverty line
- poverty parts company
- poverty parts good company
- poverty plant
- poverty porn
- poverty programme
- poverty shop
- poverty trap
- poverty-grass
- poverty-hardened
- poverty-smitten
- poverty-stricken
- poverty-struck