attributive

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I make my bread deciding whether a word is an attributive noun or adjective, parsing adverbial uses over conjunctive uses, writing those delightfully boring usage notes in your dictionary.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2013

Both now always precedes any other attributive words; as, both their armies; both our eyes.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

We will notice the attributive features of these witnesses as they are related by John in this chapter—that is, Rev. xi.

From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Wild, Joseph

Milton inserts the adverbial clause in the predicate, which is not unusual; he then adds an attributive clause, which is not usual in English, though common in Greek and Latin.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

Verbs that not only are relational but have descriptive power, such as sings, plays, runs, etc., are called attributive verbs.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.