adjectival

Definition

Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

Etymology

From adjective + -al.

Example Sentences

• "adjectival syntax"
• "adjectival noun"
• "As we can have the adjectival forms bright, brighter, brightest, so we can have the adverbial forms brightly, brightlier, brightliest, but degree is alike inconceivable in the adjective ‘round,’ and the A. ‘here.’"