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What does inflective mean?

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Adjective
  1. (grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
  2. Capable of, or relating to, inflection; deflecting.
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When the head has a serious part to play, it communicates an inflective movement to the hand, which renders it terrible.
And now let me show you a series of lines which my father called the inflective medallion.
We can call such languages inflective, if we like, but we must then be prepared to revise radically our notion of inflective form.
The triple object of the dynamic are the rhythmic, inflective and harmonic forms.
It is in this want of inflective grace that English, and more especially French, speakers lose so much of their force.
He has a majestic voice that is supple and inflective while still being just a bit gritty.

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