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punctuative

punctuative adjective: suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.

Adjective

punctuative (comparative more punctuative, superlative most punctuative)

  1. Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.
    • After about 20 seconds, he ended his performance with a punctuative smack of the taut drum heads.2009 September 13, Kirk Semple, “Giving Ramadan a Drumroll in Brooklyn at 4 A.M.”, in New York Times

Forms of punctuative

comparativemore punctuative
superlativemost punctuative

Origin of punctuative

From punctuate + -ive.

Questions about punctuative

What does punctuative mean?
Punctuative means suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.
What part of speech is punctuative?
Punctuative is an adjective.

Words near punctuative in the dictionary

  1. punctuationism
  2. punctuationist
  3. punctuationists
  4. punctuationless
  5. punctuations
  6. punctuative
  7. punctuator
  8. punctuators
  9. punctuist
  10. punctuists
  11. punctulate

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