#modifier.content_word__qualifier a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
supertype: content_word__contentword__open-class_word a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
part of: phrase
subtype: intensifier__intensive a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
subtype: adjective a word that expresses an attribute of something
subtype: descriptive_adjective__descriptiveadjective__qualifying_adjective an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')
subtype: relational_adjective__classifying_adjective__classifyingadjective an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument')
subtype: pertainym (informal) meaning relating to or pertaining to
subtype: comparative the comparative form of an adjective; "`better' is the comparative of `good'"
subtype: superlative.adjective the superlative form of an adjective; "`best' is the superlative form of `good'"
subtype: adverb.modifier a word that modifies something other than a noun
subtype: adverbial a word or group of words function as an adverb
subtype: dangling_modifier__misplaced_modifier__misplacedmodifier a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
subtype: dangling_participle a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'
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