adjective
Example Sentences
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"On a good day, I might be good. I think of my writing as contemporary accessible fiction and it really isn't for me to add the qualifying adjectives."
From BBC
“Surreal” has become a kind of all-purpose adjective, one used to describe everything from an alien abduction to a meal at Arby’s.
“I could think of any adjective to fill the blank. And it would probably work. You find different ways to protect yourself, whether that’s self-preservation or it’s just growing up.”
From MarketWatch
The goal is to convince online shoppers to spend north of $100 on a scent suggested by a chatbot conversation filled with ethereal adjectives and descriptions of the English countryside.
The adjective “Stoppardian” entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1978 to describe writing marked by “elegant wit while addressing philosophical concerns.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
