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adjectivality

adjectivality noun: the state or condition of being adjectival.

Noun

adjectivality (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being adjectival.
    • An adjective leave an adjectival trace, […] So if <e> is complement of wax in (66), <e> would have to share the adjectivality of wroth.2006, Andrew Rosta, edited by Kensei Sugayama and Richard A. Hudson, Word Grammar: New Perspectives on a Theory of Language Structure, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 189

Origin of adjectivality

From adjectival + -ity.

Questions about adjectivality

What does adjectivality mean?
Adjectivality means the state or condition of being adjectival.
What part of speech is adjectivality?
Adjectivality is a noun.

Words near adjectivality in the dictionary

  1. adjectival nouns
  2. adjectival phrase
  3. adjectival phrases
  4. adjectival pronoun
  5. adjectival pronouns
  6. adjectivality
  7. adjectivalization
  8. adjectivalizations
  9. adjectivalize
  10. adjectivalized
  11. adjectivalizes

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