(grammar) a word that describes a person or thing, for example big, red and clever in a big house, red wine and a clever idea:
'Reliable' is not an adjective that could be applied to my car.
adjectival adjective:
an adjectival phrase
adjectivally adverb:
In 'bread knife', the word 'bread' is used adjectivally.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of adjective come from?
This entry for adjective is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is adjective a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, adjective is tagged as noun.
Does adjective appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — adjective appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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