descriptive

Descriptive is defined as giving details or something that describes.

(adjective)

An example of descriptive is someone giving a very detailed account of an experience they had; a descriptive person.

See descriptive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

describing; of or characterized by description; specif.,

designating or of a branch of a science in which its data or materials are described and classified: descriptive anatomy
Gram. designating an adjective that indicates a quality or condition of the person or thing named by the word it modifies: “big” in “big barn” is a descriptive adjective

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See descriptive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Involving or characterized by description; serving to describe.
Concerned with classification or description: a descriptive science.
Grammar
a. Expressing an attribute of the modified noun, as green in green grass. Used of an adjective or adjectival clause.
b. Nonrestrictive.
Linguistics Of or relating to the study or the description of a language or a specific stage of a language, with emphasis on constructing a grammar without regard to historical development, comparison with other languages, or advocated norms for correct or proper usage.

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