adjectively

The Oxford English Dictionary gives it only as an obsolete noun meaning "Dirt, filth, defilement, foulness"; but though the noun had dropped out of use, probably because of its closeness to "hoar" and "whore," Shelley here uses it adjectively, meaning filthy or foul -- a usage that may have persisted in rural Sussex. line 48. and: written minutely and unclearly, but not "&" (as in 1989).

Annotations 1997

And when engous is taken adjectively, as sometimes, it signifies

The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965

Aliquis may be used adjectively, and (occasionally) aliquī substantively.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

Them is the objective case of the personal pronoun and cannot be used adjectively like the demonstrative adjective pronoun.

How to Speak and Write Correctly Joseph Devlin

An expression consisting of an asserting word followed by an adjective complement or by a participle used adjectively may be mistaken for a verb in the passive voice.

Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg

The = Neuter = article _lo_ cannot precede a noun used _as such, _ but it may (elegantly) precede a noun used adjectively, as --

Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano

_Pronouns_ are used in place of nouns; one class of them is used merely as the _substitutes_ of _names_; the pronouns of another class have a peculiar _reference_ to some _preceding words_ in the _sentence_, of which they are the substitutes, -- and those of a third class refer adjectively to the persons or things they represent.

How to Speak and Write Correctly Joseph Devlin

"These are real savings-banks for heat" -- he explains pompously -- for he loves to tackle the difficult -- even adjectively.

With Those Who Wait Frances Wilson Huard

The GERUND is the same as the participle in its forms, but differs in that, while the participle is always used adjectively, the GERUND

Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood

Thus, used adjectively in such phrases as "a gradely man," "a gradely crop," &c., it is synonymous with "decent."

Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 Various