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descriptive

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descriptive /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/ adjective
descriptive
/dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of DESCRIPTIVE
[more descriptive; most descriptive] : giving information about how something or someone looks, sounds, etc. : using words to describe what something or someone is like
often + of
technical : providing facts about how a language is actually used rather than rules that tell people how it should be used
opposite prescriptive

— descriptively

adverb [more descriptively; most descriptively]