Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
gerundival . - noun Same as
gerundive .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to or behaving like a
gerund .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or like a gerund
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Examples
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I never understood, then or now, what the gerundial “the Crying of” meant.
The Crying of Area Code 212 - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Regarding your proposed solution to my gerundial problem to wit, “I have nothing against the promoting of their agenda by homosexuals, or by any other group, through normal democratic means”: It is so obvious that of course I considered it.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Regarding your proposed solution to my gerundial problem to wit, “I have nothing against the promoting of their agenda by homosexuals, or by any other group, through normal democratic means”: It is so obvious that of course I considered it.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The gerundial inf. with tō expresses purpose, defines a noun or adjective, or, with the verb be, expresses duty or necessity passively; cf.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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The gerundial inf. with tô expresses purpose, defines a noun or adjective, or, with the verb be, expresses duty or necessity passively; cf.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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One suggestion I would make is that the sense of ouai doesn't seem judgmental, as "reckoning" would imply that there will be a reckoning upon you (and there's no indication that the interjection is present progressive or gerundial), but purely interjectory along the lines of "poor you."
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One suggestion I would make is that the sense of ouai doesn't seem judgmental, as "reckoning" would imply that there will be a reckoning upon you (and there's no indication that the interjection is present progressive or gerundial), but purely interjectory along the lines of "poor you."
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One suggestion I would make is that the sense of ouai doesn't seem judgmental, as "reckoning" would imply that there will be a reckoning upon you (and there's no indication that the interjection is present progressive or gerundial), but purely interjectory along the lines of "poor you."
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This is the gerundial infinitive after an adjective: comp.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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The case studies investigated include the alternation between synthetic and analytic comparatives, between the s-genitive and the of-genitive, between gerundial and infinitival complementation, particle placement, and future marker choice in a number of corpora sampling different spoken registers and geographical varieties of English.
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