infinitivaladj.
/ɪnˌfɪnɪˈtʌɪvəl/ Grammar.
Of or belonging to the infinitive.
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infinitive1520
infinitival1870
infinite1871
1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech ii. 62 Esse.., the infinitival form of the verb ‘to be’.
1877 F. Hall Eng. Adj. in -able 47 To all verbs..from the Anglo-Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives..we annex -able only.
Derivatives
infiniˈtivally adv. after the manner of the infinitive.
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infinitely1530
infinitively1711
infinitivally1882
1882 F. Hall in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 3 297 (heading) On the English Perfect Participle used Infinitivally.
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