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Definition of: conjunctive
(kən·jungk′tiv) adjective
1. Joining; connective: conjunctive tissue.
2. Joined together.
3. Gram. a Serving to unite words, clauses, etc.; used as a conjunction: a conjunctive adverb. b Serving to unite both meaning and construction, as the conjunction and.
—noun Gram. A conjunctive word. [<L conjunctivus <conjungere. See CONJOIN.]
—con·junc′tive·ly adverb
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