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adj.greedy

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That possessive dude who kept whispering things in Nakia’s ear in the first episode was also a self-proclaimed nice guy, and he had very creepy vibes.

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For a long time, the league expended too much energy on fitting in, hoping to make an appeal to some staunch and possessive male gatekeepers, thinking they were the tastemakers.

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Building on other research projects suggesting, for example, that people at high risk of psychosis tend use fewer possessive pronouns like “my,” “his,” or “ours,” Rezaii and her colleagues wanted to see if a computer could spot low semantic density.

MACHINES CAN SPOT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES—IF YOU HAND OVER YOUR PERSONAL DATABOBBIE JOHNSONAUGUST 13, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

In earnest appeals we find the nmen also used, with sometimes the praenmen or the possessive m prefixed.

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANSHAROLD WHETSTONE JOHNSTON

The use of the plural possessive thrilled the heart of the workers; the club was a family possession.

THE LEAVEN IN A GREAT CITYLILLIAN WILLIAM BETTS

His eyes were an index of the man, bold and possessive and unwavering.

THE HIGHGRADERWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

The possessive pronoun is used by French soldiers in addressing superior officers.

CONTES FRANAISDOUGLAS LABAREE BUFFUM

But the possessive pronoun rose readily to his lips when talk turned upon the land.

THE SURPRISES OF LIFEGEORGES CLEMENCEAU

Thereupon Flibbertigibbet beat upon her breast to indicate first person singular possessive.

FLAMSTED QUARRIESMARY E. WALLER

All the possessive pronominal forms except its and, in part, their and theirs, are also animate.

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