Limitative

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Restrictive, limited.

    "There is a general mood of expectation, these days, of "limitative" results—but back in 1931, this came as a bolt from the blue."

  2. 2
    Being or relating to a grammatical case that specifies a deadline, a time by which something must take place.

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assuasivedefiningdefinitiveexclusiveextenuatinglenitive

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"There is a general mood of expectation, these days, of "limitative" results—but back in 1931, this came as a bolt from the blue."

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