Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tendency to a free use of adjectives.
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- noun The state or condition of being an
adjective .
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Examples
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This also suggests a possible explanation for the subtle difference in meaning that The Ridger has suggested; the adjectivity of the unpossessed gerund puts the on the doer of the action, while the verbiness of the possessed gerund retains focus on the action.
(Almost) Zero Tolerance, and linearly separable blogrolls « Motivated Grammar 2009
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There are readers who love this kind of sloe eyed, narrow waisted, naval academic excercise in adjectivity.
Archive 2006-09-03 Miss Snark 2006
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These are the representatives of Incidence or Attribution; and correspond to the entire adjectivity pertaining to the substantiality of the real or concrete Universe; both Substance and Incidence falling as parts of one domain within the larger domain of RELATION, which in Language is the domain of Grammar proper, including Etymology and
Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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