Antonyms for declarative

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-klar-uh-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈklær ə tɪv

Definition of declarative

Origin : mid-15c., from French déclaratif and directly from Late Latin declarativus, from past participle stem of Latin declarare (see declare).

As in hermeneutic : adj explanatory
As in interpretative : adj explanatory
As in interpretive : adj explanatory
As in explanatory : adj descriptive

Example sentences :

The period, or full stop, marks the end of a declarative sentence.
Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton

Now his rle is not so typical and his garb not so declarative.
Extract from : « The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction » by Dorothy Scarborough

The source of that law was God; the Church was its declarative organ.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

Sentences may be declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.
Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge

Declarative, which puts the thought in the form of a declaration or assertion.
Extract from : « An English Grammar » by W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell

Examples of these three kinds are, declarative, "Old year, you must not die!"
Extract from : « An English Grammar » by W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell

Is the interrogative form of the last sentence better than the declarative?
Extract from : « Public Speaking » by Clarence Stratton

Notice that not every declarative statement is a proposition for argument.
Extract from : « Public Speaking » by Clarence Stratton

We have passed a resolution, which is now on your files, declarative of the sense of this House as to their constitutional rights.
Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton

Declarative sentences usually have a falling inflection just before the final period, that is, a lower pitch.
Extract from : « The Principles of English Versification » by Paull Franklin Baum

Synonyms for declarative

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