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comparative more descriptive, superlative most descriptive
Of, relating to, or providing a description. examples
(grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary). examples
(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language. examples
(sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive. quotations examples
He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 February 2012, page 162
plural descriptives
(grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word) examples