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adjective

[aj-ik-tiv] / ˈædʒ ɪk tɪv /


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In so much of modern cinema, “fun” has replaced “safe,” a new adjective with a better connotation meant to save middling films from themselves.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Their long, heavy eyelids give them a look of drowsy calm; the adjective most often associated with them is “chill.”

From Slate May 27, 2026

“You don’t often see the adjective ‘warm’ attached to a titan of industry, but it applied to him.”

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

"Anything in Wales can be described with the adjective 'Welsh'. Therefore I have a Welsh accent, how mad is that?"

From BBC Mar. 4, 2026

Somehow, the adjective made the rest less childish.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Patterns of neural activity revealed that the brain could distinguish different parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

From Science Daily Jun. 29, 2026

“There’s no more adjectives you can use to describe him.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2025

“There’s not enough adjectives, superlatives—whatever you want to say,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

"Instead, that opportunity has been squandered, and we're faced with a continuation of the bad old days dressed up in a new set of adjectives."

From BBC Sep. 26, 2025

This is because, in each of these cases, the adjectives do their jobs in joyful combination; they are not intended as a list.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author




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