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Definition of Comparatives
1. comparative [n] - See also: comparative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comparatives
Literary usage of Comparatives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century by Louise Pound (1901)
"In the Utopia, beside 48 superlatives in most and 38 in -est are 12 comparatives
with more and 38 in -er. Elyot, on the other hand, corresponding to his 1GO ..."
2. A Complete Latin Grammar by Albert Harkness (1898)
"comparatives and Superlatives. — Latin comparatives and Superlatives are generally
best rendered by the corresponding English forms, but comparatives may ..."
3. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1892)
"RULE XXIII,- • Ablative with comparatives. 417. comparatives without QUAM are
followed by the Ablative :a Nihil est ..."
4. The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar: Designed to Facilitate the Study by Alexander Adam (1818)
"The conjunction quam is often elegantly suppressed after amplius and plus ; as,
Quam is sometimes elegantly placed between two comparatives ; as, ..."
5. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"[For full comparatives, see PUKE. ... [For comparatives, see POKE. ...
full comparatives, see PD, and BEWA. ..."
6. English Usage: Studies in the History and Uses of English Words and Phrases by John Lesslie Hall (1917)
"Double comparatives and superlatives are found in various periods of English.
Lesser, for instance, is still common in the literature, and foremost is too ..."
7. A compendious German grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1882)
"Declension of comparatives and Superlatives. 1. In general, comparatives and
superlatives are subject to the same rules of declension as their positives, ..."
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