attributive
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I make my bread deciding whether a word is an attributive noun or adjective, parsing adverbial uses over conjunctive uses, writing those delightfully boring usage notes in your dictionary.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2013
Verbs that not only are relational but have descriptive power, such as sings, plays, runs, etc., are called attributive verbs.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Stratton D. Brooks
In other words, let the bodies be regarded as attributive and the forces as substantive.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
For, besides these typical class-names, attributive words are general terms, such as 'royal,' 'ruling,' 'woolly,' 'bleating,' 'impalpable,' 'vanishing.'
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
Both now always precedes any other attributive words; as, both their armies; both our eyes.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
