What does the word substantive mean?

    Part of speech: adverb

  • SUBSTANTIVELY.

Usage examples for substantive

  1. Of " L. E. L." Sir Henry Taylor, Hood, and Praed, some more substantive account must be given. – A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
  2. It, therefore, stands in a substantive relation to the verb. – Composition-Rhetoric by Stratton D. Brooks
  3. These three aspects are those of the adjective, substantive and verb, and correspond to the three essential categories of language. – Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson