to be spoken or said or told or announced.

fit to be spoken or said or told or announced.

fit to be condemned, censured.

describing the qualities or characterstics of; qualifying.

(gram.) a word that modifies a noun; an adjective.

what is said about the subject of a sentence or proposition etc.; a predicate.

the literary meaning of a word (diff. from the idiomatic meaning).

the quality of a word or sentence which is literal in meaning (being diff. from idiomatic).

careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge; research.