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attributively
Variant of attributive
adjective
- attributing
- of or like an attribute
- Gram. joined directly to (in English, generally preceding) the substantive that it modifies: said of an adjective
noun
Gram. an attributive adjective: “black” in “black cat” is an attributive
Related Forms:
- attributively adverb
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