adjectival
Speech parts
1. adjectival - Noun
2. adjectival - Adjective
Meaning
Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.
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Examples
adjectival syntax
an adjective clause
Adjectives and adjectival pronouns agree with nouns in number and gender.
"Entendre" is an infinitive verb ("to hear"), not a noun; a correct rendering would be "à double entente", an adjectival phrase meaning "of a double understanding or double interpretation" (literally, "with a double hearing").
Because early has both adverbial and adjectival senses, its hyphenation can attract attention; some editors, due to comparison with advanced-stage disease and adult-onset disease, like the parallelism of early-stage disease and early-onset disease.
Each root word has an inherent part of speech : nominal, adjectival, verbal, or adverbial.