punctuative

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adjective

Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.

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Meanings

adjectivepunctuative (comparative more punctuative, superlative most punctuative)

comparative more punctuative · superlative most punctuative

  1. Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.

    After about 20 seconds, he ended his performance with a punctuative smack of the taut drum heads.

    2009 September 13, Kirk Semple, “Giving Ramadan a Drumroll in Brooklyn at 4 A.M.”, in New York Times

Origin

From punctuate + -ive.

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APA

punctuative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punctuative

MLA

“punctuative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punctuative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “punctuative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punctuative.

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