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Sentence example with the word 'possessive'
possessive
acquisitive, controlling, egotistical, materialistic, personalistic, remote, self-besot, self-devoted, self-jealous, self-serving, ungenerous
Definition
adj.
serving to express or indicate possession
Last update: June 16, 2015
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He is terrible
possessive
about his girl friend.
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"He is
possessive
," Dulce amended.
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_ by a
possessive
case, modern English uses _who_ instead of _that_.
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Every citizen of Kingsport feels a thrill of
possessive
pride in Old St.
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Then was it what she had seen that had made her
possessive
.
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Where there is no ambiguity, the
possessive
is often omitted in Latin.
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The dative of reference is often used in Latin where we should use a
possessive
in English.
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They were mildly sympathetic, but rather liked the matronly, and
possessive
, prefix.
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