Punctuational

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to punctuation.
  2. 2
    Pertaining to punctuationism; taking place very rapidly, especially within a single generation or in a series of rapid steps.

    "So how could such a critical thing as language evolve in humans, and was its evolution gradual or punctuational?"

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"So how could such a critical thing as language evolve in humans, and was its evolution gradual or punctuational?"

Etymology

From punctuation + -al.

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