correlative
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Correlative adjectives often, though not always, announce themselves through commas, and they are good at modifying nouns without talking much to each other, like exes at a mutual friend’s wedding.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2014
Correlative with this is O'Shaughnessy's identification of the category of subintentional action.
From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2010
His Correlative Sub-Category, Dependence, is the Action itself, resulting from the Activity of the Agent, and expressed by the Verb and its dependencies.
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Correlative sexual characters.—Castration is the term applied to the extirpation of the sexual glands.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
Correlative Conjunctions.—The correlative conjunctions, either ... or, neither ... nor, whether ... or, and not only ... but also, are also particularly liable to trip a writer.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)
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