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Definition of Adjectively
1. Adverb. As an adjective. "Nouns are frequently used adjectively"
Definition of Adjectively
1. adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.
Definition of Adjectively
1. Adverb. In the manner of an adjective. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adjectively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adjectively
Literary usage of Adjectively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language: Being an by John Mulligan (1874)
"(8) "We shall call this THE MODIFICATION BY A NOUN adjectively EMPLOYED. [(9)
This species of construction is very prevalent in our ..."
2. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"It also appears adjectively where a substantive contained in the course of the
speech is to be supplied. I'll give you gold enough ..."
3. A Practical Grammar: In which Words, Phrases, and Sentences are Classified by Stephen W. q (Stephen Watkins) Clark (1847)
"Adjuncts are adjectives or adverbs, or they are phrases and sentences used
adjectively or adverbially. ..."
4. The Combined Spanish Method: A Practical and Theoretical System for Learning by Alberto de Tornos (1915)
"Substantives used adjectively admit the degrees of comparison; as, Es más caballero
que tú. Es muy hombre. Este hombre es muy niño. ..."
5. New High German: A Comparative Study by William Winston Valentine (1894)
"... in legal language (especially in Austria) : der Gefertigte. ADVERBS USED
adjectively. 682. Mit der heutigen Post (Tieck). ..."
6. Demonstrations of diseases in the chest, and their physical diagnosis by Horace Dobell (1858)
"... aud functional conditions influencing it—Examples—Names of individual sounds
used adjectively—Register of the Voice—Propositions 11 to 17. ..."
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