attributively

Adverb

Meaning

In an attributive manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

generically especially specifically attribute attributable characteristically distinctively peculiarly prenominal attributive adjectively adjectivally attributed definitively restrictively

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Antonyms

predicatively

Examples

the genitive noun is used attributively Source: Internet

Adjectives agree with their nouns in number and gender but agree in state only if used attributively. Source: Internet

For example, the noun knee can be said to be used substantively in my knee hurts, but attributively in the patient needed knee replacement. Source: Internet

Most adjectives, when used attributively, appear after their nouns: le vin rouge ("the red wine"). Source: Internet

When used attributively (as in web page, web browser, website, web server, web traffic, web search, web user, web technology, etc.) it is invariably written in lower case. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

attributive genitive attributive genitive case attributive noun attributiveness attributor attrist