88 adjectives to describe adjectives

3.First let it be understood, that an or a is nearly equivalent in meaning to the numeral adjective one, but less emphatic; and that the is nearly equivalent in meaning to the pronominal adjective that or those, but less emphatic.

Many participial adjectives are derivatives formed from participles by the negative prefix un, which reverses the meaning of the primitive word; as, undisturbed, undivided, unenlightened.

NOTE.In addressing an officer of grade superior to his own, an officer must use the possessive adjective; a senior addressing a junior uses the title of the grade only.

3.First let it be understood, that an or a is nearly equivalent in meaning to the numeral adjective one, but less emphatic; and that the is nearly equivalent in meaning to the pronominal adjective that or those, but less emphatic.

In connection with this last "incident" a circumstance arose which demonstrates more vividly than mere adjectives the underhand methods employed by the Sofia authorities.

and if it is a plural adjective, what shall we do with a and great?

Alert, neurotic or high-strung, magnetic, and imaginative are some of the descriptive adjectives applicable.

But whatever may be its true derivation, no one can well deny that able, as a suffix, belongs most properly, if not exclusively, to verbs; for most of the words formed by it, are plainly a sort of verbal adjectives.

But, in spite of this opinion, it has somehow happened, that these definitive adjectives have very generally, and very absurdly, acquired the name of pronouns.

To express ownership with emphasis or distinction, we employ neither these compounds nor any others; but always use the simple possessives with the separate adjective own: as, "With my own eyes,""By thy own confession,""To his own house,""For her own father,""By its own weight,""To save our own lives,""For your own sake,""In their own cause.

"The distributive pronominal adjectives each, every, either, agree with the nouns, pronouns, and verbs of the singular number only.

Lowth, Murray, and many others, call them adjectives, and suppose a peculiarity of construction in the article;like that of the singular adjectives every and one in the phrases, "Every ten days,""One seven times more.

In the pure Saxon of an earlier date, the words seldom occur; and in that ancient dialect an, I believe, is used only as a declinable numerical adjective, and a only as a preposition.

It is to be observed, too, that as our ordinal numeral first, denoting the one which begins a series, and having reference of course to more, is an adjective of the superlative degree, equivalent to foremost, of which it is perhaps a contraction; so last likewise, though no numeral, is a superlative also.

"What you mean by future tense adjective, I can easily understand.

Cooper, in 1831, six; "personal, relative, definite, indefinite, possessive, and possessive pronominal adjectives."

"The word THAT is a demonstrative adjective, whenever it is followed by a noun to which it refers.

Thusgood manners, &c. 2. Place a suitable adjective before each of the following nouns, without repeating any word: man, son, merchant, work, fence, fear, poverty, picture, prince, delay, suspense, devices, follies, actions.

"Festive" was his favourite adjective.

Thus the ordinal adjectives, first, second, third, next, and last, may qualify the cardinal numbers, but they cannot very properly be qualified by them.

It is, in short, a metaphysical monster, all that we are permitted to say of it being that whatever it is, it is at any rate worth more (worth more to itself, that is) than if any eulogistic adjectives of ours applied to it.

To no other resource more frequently than coal has this stupidly false adjective been applied.

He uses fewer adjectives and alliterations, more verbs and dogmatism.

"So you'd better leave all the fond adjectives till the end and put them in if you have time.

Are not wooden, golden, substantial adjectives?

88 adjectives to describe  adjectives