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punctuational

punctuational adjective: pertaining to punctuation.

Adjective

punctuational (comparative more punctuational, superlative most punctuational)

  1. Pertaining to punctuation.
  2. Pertaining to punctuationism; taking place very rapidly, especially within a single generation or in a series of rapid steps.
    • So how could such a critical thing as language evolve in humans, and was its evolution gradual or punctuational?2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 156

Forms of punctuational

comparativemore punctuational
superlativemost punctuational

Origin of punctuational

From punctuation + -al.

Questions about punctuational

What does punctuational mean?
Punctuational means pertaining to punctuation.
What part of speech is punctuational?
Punctuational is an adjective.

Words near punctuational in the dictionary

  1. punctuation
  2. punctuation mark
  3. punctuation marks
  4. punctuation space
  5. punctuation spaces
  6. punctuational
  7. punctuationism
  8. punctuationist
  9. punctuationists
  10. punctuationless
  11. punctuations

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