inflective
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- Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
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inflective (not comparable)
- (grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
- Capable of, or relating to, inflection; deflecting.
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- inflective quality of the air