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Definition: DIMINUTIVAL

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A diminutive.[Websters].
Adjective 1. Indicating diminution; diminutive.[Websters]
2. Being decreasing or reductive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb diminutivally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(diminutivally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective diminutival.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Diminutival" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DIMINUTIVAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A diminutive.[Websters].
Adjective1. Indicating diminution; diminutive.[Websters]
2. Being decreasing or reductive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb diminutivally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(diminutivally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective diminutival.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DIMINUTIVAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)