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81 face-saving
adjective (of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in: He agreed to everything we asked and as a face-saving exercise we offered to consult him occasionally.) kasvot pelastava -
82 fanatic(al)
adjective ((too) enthusiastic: He is fanatical about physical exercise.) -
83 floodlit
adjective valaistu -
84 flounced
adjective (decorated with a flounce.) poimutettu -
85 foetal
adjective (of a foetus: in a foetal position.) sikiö- -
86 fog-bound
adjective (unable to move or function because of fog: The plane is fog-bound.) sumun pidättämä -
87 fresh-water
adjective (of inland rivers or lakes; not of the sea: fresh-water fish.) makean veden, järvi- -
88 friendless
adjective (without friends: alone and friendless.) yksinäinen -
89 fully-fledged
1) ((as in bird) having grown its feathers and ready to fly.) lentokykyinen2) (fully trained, qualified etc: He's now a fully-fledged teacher.) valmis -
90 gabled
adjective a gabled roof.) harja-, harjakattoinen -
91 galloping
adjective (increasing very quickly: galloping inflation.) laukkaava -
92 geriatric
adjective (for the very old (and ill): a geriatric hospital.) vanhusten -
93 gimmicky
adjective helppohintainen -
94 glowering
adjective (angry; threatening: a glowering look.) uhkaava -
95 grief-stricken
adjective (overcome by very great grief: the grief-stricken widow.) surun murtama -
96 half-hourly
adjective, adverb (done etc every half-hour: at half-hourly intervals; The buses to town run half-hourly.) puolitunneittain -
97 hands-on
adjective (practical; involving active participation: hands-on experience with computers.) -
98 handwritten
adjective The letter was handwritten, not typed.) käsin kirjoitettu -
99 hard-and-fast
adjective ((of rules) that can never be changed or ignored.) ehdoton -
100 haywire
adjective (in a state of disorder; crazy: Our computer has gone haywire.) seonnut
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adjective — 1. general. The term adjective was itself an adjective for a hundred years before it became used as a noun for one of the parts of speech. Joseph Priestley, in The Rudiments of English Grammar (1761), was perhaps the first English grammarian to… … Modern English usage
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adjective — ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a word used to describe or modify a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical. DERIVATIVES adjectival adjective. ORIGIN Old French adjectif, from Latin adicere add … English terms dictionary
adjective — index procedural Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adjective — [n] word that modifies a noun accessory, additional, adjunct, adnoun, attribute, attributive, dependent, descriptive, identifier, modifier, qualifier; concept 275 … New thesaurus
Adjective — Examples That s an interesting idea. (attributive) That idea is interesting. (predicative) Tell me something interesting. (postpositive) The good, the bad, and the ugly. (substantive) In grammar, an adjective is a describing word; the main… … Wikipedia
adjective — /ˈædʒəktɪv / (say ajuhktiv) noun 1. Grammar a. one of the major word classes in many languages, comprising words that typically modify a noun. b. such a word, as wise in a wise ruler, or in she is wise. –adjective 2. Grammar relating to an… …