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multal

multal adjective: expressing a large (but not maximal) quantity or degree.

Adjective

multal (not comparable)

  1. Expressing a large (but not maximal) quantity or degree.
    • Finally, the wish to classify and subdivide into further subcategories at times leads the authors to use labels that border on jargon (e.g. multal and paucal groups of pronouns, p. 220).1973, Revue des langues vivantes
    • The next section includes the study of the role of metonymy in the motivation of the lexical-semantic changes leading to the present-day multal quantifier sense of lot in the context of the quasi-determiner a lot of;2016, New Medievalisms

Antonyms of multal

Questions about multal

What does multal mean?
Multal means expressing a large (but not maximal) quantity or degree.
What part of speech is multal?
Multal is an adjective.

Words near multal in the dictionary

  1. mulshing
  2. mult
  3. mult box
  4. mult boxes
  5. mult-
  6. multal
  7. Multan
  8. Multan Division
  9. multangle
  10. multangles
  11. multangular

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