Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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optative | Yes | Yes | No | No |
modality | Yes | No | No | No |
optative (noun) | modality (noun) |
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a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs | a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment |
a particular sense | |
a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | |
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
optative (adjective) | modality (adjective) |
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relating to a mood of verbs in some languages | |
indicating an option or wish |