adjective
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"The only adjective I have to describe grief is weird - it's really complex," said Chloe, from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
I mentioned that in 17th-and 18th-century Britain, “hedge,” as an adjective, meant “mean” or “vile.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
That adjective would not apply to a public skirmish between the president of the university and the consultant that conducted the study commissioned by the university.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
If you gift your daughter the house — leaving aside the debate over using “gift” as an adjective — your daughter would lose her step-up in basis.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing adjective
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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