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descriptive
01
providing detailed information about how something looks, feels, sounds, or behaves
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most descriptive
Comparative
more descriptive
gradable
Examples
Her descriptive writing made the scenes in the novel come alive with vivid detail.
02
relating to a method of linguistic study that records and explains how language is actually used
Examples
Descriptive linguistics examines speech patterns without judging correctness.
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