adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to inflection.
2. 2
   Of or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve.

Adjective

1. 1
   characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions wordnet

Synonyms

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flectionalflectionallanguagemorphological

Antonyms

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derivational

Example

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"This language is highly inflectional."

Etymology

From inflection + -al.

Related phrases

inflectional morphologyinflectional phraseinflectional suffixinflectional tangentpoint of inflection

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