单词 | adjectivally |
释义 | adjectivallyadv. Grammar. In an adjectival manner; as an adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > adjective > [adverb] adjectively1550 adjectivally1780 1780 Boyer's Dictionnaire Royal (rev. ed.) II. 13/3 After, (from aft; it is used adjectivally). 1830 C. G. Gepp Progr. Exercises Lat. Elegiac Verse (new ed.) 22 This will help you often in such expressions as ‘silver’, ‘coral’, &c., used adjectivally. 1886 H. J. Roby Introd. Study Justinian's Digest xvi. p. ccxxix Some phrases are used adjectivally or semi-adjectivally. 1928 E. G. R. Waters St. Brendan p. cxcvi The tonic forms of the possessive pronouns are frequently used adjectivally. 1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 4/1 Bating may be used adjectivally in ‘a bating hawk’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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