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11descriptive — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ highly, very ▪ a highly descriptive account of her journey through Africa ▪ purely …
12descriptive — de•scrip•tive [[t]dɪˈskrɪp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) serving to describe; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay[/ex] 2) gram. a) (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh… …
13descriptive — descriptively, adv. descriptiveness, n. /di skrip tiv/, adj. 1. having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay. 2. a. Gram. (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it …
14descriptive — 1. adjective a) Of, or relating to description. b) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary). Ant: prescriptive, normative …
15descriptive — [[t]dɪskrɪ̱ptɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like. The Group adopted the simpler, more descriptive title of Angina Support Group …
16descriptive — adj. 1 serving or seeking to describe (a descriptive writer). 2 describing or classifying without expressing feelings or judging (a purely descriptive account). 3 Linguistics describing a language without comparing, endorsing, or condemning… …
17descriptive — de|scrip|tive [dıˈskrıptıv] adj 1.) giving a description of something ▪ the descriptive passages in the novel 2.) technical describing how the words of a language are actually used, rather than saying how they ought to be used ≠ ↑prescriptive… …
18descriptive — de|scrip|tive [ dı skrıptıv ] adjective describing something: descriptive language …
19descriptive — adjective 1 giving a description of something in words or pictures: The book is full of descriptive passages. 2 technical describing how the words of a language are actually used, rather than saying how they ought to be used descriptively adverb… …
20descriptive — adjective descriptive prose Syn: illustrative, expressive, graphic, detailed, lively, vivid, striking; explanatory, explicative …
