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Definition of: inflectional
(in·flek′shən·əl) adjective Ling.
1. Belonging to, relating to, or showing grammatical inflection.
2. Designating a language, such as Latin, that expresses grammatical relationships by means of inflections, rather than by auxiliary words; synthetic: opposed to analytic. Also Brit. in·flex′ion·al.
—in·flec′·tion·al·ly adverb
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