(of an adjective) Describing a quality that cannot normally be varied because it is extreme (e.g. freezing), absolute (e.g. dead), or classification (e.g. nuclear).
That cannot be graded.
Any adjective that is not gradable.
Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
Containing a part only; limited.
Holding a particular estate.
Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
Specific; discrete; concrete.
A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)