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[ dih-skrip-tiv ] / dɪˈskrɪp tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR descriptive ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay. Grammar. - (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh milk.Compare limiting (def. 2).
- (of a clause) nonrestrictive.Compare restrictive (def. 4).
noting, concerned with, or based upon the fact or experience. characterized by or based upon the classification and description of material in a given field: descriptive botany. Origin of descriptive1745–55; <Late Latin dēscrīptīvus, equivalent to Latin dēscrīpt(us) (see description) + -īvus-ive OTHER WORDS FROM descriptivede·scrip·tive·ly, adverbde·scrip·tive·ness, nounnon·de·scrip·tive, adjectivenon·de·scrip·tive·ly, adverb non·de·scrip·tive·ness, nouno·ver·de·scrip·tive, adjectiveo·ver·de·scrip·tive·ly, adverbo·ver·de·scrip·tive·ness, nounself-de·scrip·tive, adjectiveun·de·scrip·tive, adjectiveun·de·scrip·tive·ly, adverbun·de·scrip·tive·ness, noun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for descriptiveIn other words, descriptively, Khalidi thinks Foxman is right. "No Light Between the U.S. and Israel”|Shaul Magid|May 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Was not London then truly and descriptively Llyn-dun, or Llin-dun, the fortified place or fortress in or on the lyn or lake? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851|Various Moreover, his leading motives themselves are descriptively or soulfully melodious as the requirement may be. How to Appreciate Music|Gustav Kobb He could write upon warlike scenes, vividly and descriptively, but was not in favor of war. Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887|Various
Two-sided Italian stitch is descriptively named, for it is alike on both sides. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving|Grace Christie This essay treats the subject historically and descriptively. Talks about Flowers.|M. D. Wellcome
British Dictionary definitions for descriptive
adjectivecharacterized by or containing description; serving to describe grammar (of an adjective) serving to describe the referent of the noun modified, as for example the adjective brown as contrasted with my and former relating to or based upon description or classification rather than explanation or prescriptiondescriptive linguistics Derived forms of descriptivedescriptively, adverbdescriptiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to descriptivedetailed, vivid, eloquent, illuminating, pictorial, expressive, definitive, revealing, identifying, characteristic, circumstantial, clear, expository, extended, graphic, illustrative, indicative, lifelike, narrative, picturesque |