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单词 descriptiveness
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•scrip•tive  (di skriptiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. having the quality of describing;
    characterized by description:a descriptive passage in an essay.
  2. Grammar
    • Grammar(of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh milk. Cf. limiting.
    • Grammar(of a clause) nonrestrictive. Cf. restrictive (def. 4).
  3. noting, concerned with, or based upon the fact or experience.
  4. characterized by or based upon the classification and description of material in a given field:descriptive botany.
  • Late Latin dēscrīptīvus, equivalent. to Latin dēscrīpt(us) (see description) + -īvus -ive
  • 1745–55
de•scriptive•ly, adv. 
de•scriptive•ness, n. 

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