| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In an accusative manner.[Websters]
2. In relation to the accusative case in grammar.[Websters] 3. In an objective manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective accusative.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (accusative) | 1. Containing or expressing accusation.[Wordnet]. 2. Serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "accusative endings".[Wordnet]. 3. Producing accusations; accusatory.[Websters]. 4. Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.[Websters]. 5. Being objective.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being oblique.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb accusatively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ACCUSATIVELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ACCUSATIVELY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] In an accusative manner.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adverb] (not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar. (references) | 2: [Adverb] In an accusative manner. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: accusative
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Accusative and infinitive | In grammar, accusative and infinitive is the traditional name for a syntactic construction of Latin and Greek, also found in various forms in other languages such as English and Spanish. In this construction, the subject of a subordinate clause is put in the accusative case and the verb appears in the infinitive form. (references) | ||
| Accusative case | The case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: accusative | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Accusative case | 13 | Accusative | 2 | |
| Accusative and infinitive | 6 | Accusative absolute | 2 | |
| Accusative absolute | 2 | Accusative and infinitive | 6 | |
| Accusative verb | 2 | Accusative case | 13 | |
| Accusative | 2 | Accusative verb | 2 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
