adjective
Example Sentences
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"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
Our critic called the show “Opulent. Sumptuous. Spectacular. Luxurious. Dazzling. Plus every other adjective for fabulousness you can conjure up.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 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
But you walk out underwhelmed, which is not an adjective that generally applies to anything Bruce Springsteen does.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025
As we shall see in chapter 6, many spurious rules, including some that have made national headlines, are the result of bungled analyses of grammatical categories like adjective, subordinator, and preposition.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.