serving to describe, esp vividly
a descriptive account
characterized by description
the descriptive basis of science
in grammar, said of a modifier: expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term; not limiting or demonstrative
in grammar, said of a clause or phrase: non-restrictive
in linguistics, serving to describe the structure of a language at a particular time without making value judgments and usu excluding historical and comparative data
descriptively adv
descriptiveness noun