Words
adjunct
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▷ adjective
> adjunctive (əˈdʒʌŋktɪv)
adjunct
(ˈædʒʌŋkt) noun
1 something incidental or not essential that is added to something else
2 a person who is subordinate to another
3 grammar
a part of a sentence other than the subject or the predicate
b (in systemic grammar) part of a sentence other than the subject, predicator, object, or complement; usually a prepositional or adverbial group
c part of a sentence that may be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical; a modifier
▷ adjective
5 added or connected in a secondary or subordinate position; auxiliary
[C16: from Latin adjunctus, past participle of adjungere to adjoin]
> adjunctive (əˈdʒʌŋktɪv
) adjective
> adjunctively (əˈdʒʌŋktɪvlɪ) adverb
> ˈadjunctly adverb