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

Both now always precedes any other attributive words; as, both their armies; both our eyes.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

In other words, let the bodies be regarded as attributive and the forces as substantive.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

This line is attributive to ‘men.’ pestered ... pinfold, crowded together in this cramped space, the Earth.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

As the dualism of extension and thought is reduced from a substantial to an attributive distinction, so individual bodies and minds, motions and thoughts, are degraded a stage further.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard