supplementive clause

noun

An adverbial participle or verbless clause lacking a subordinator.

Meanings

nounsupplementive clause (plural supplementive clauses)

plural supplementive clauses

  1. grammarAn adverbial participle or verbless clause lacking a subordinator.
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