Interjectional
[,intә'dʒekʃәnәl]
Definition
(a.) Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.
(a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an interjection; consisting of natural and spontaneous exclamations.
Checker: Sabina
Examples
- Here I could not avoid opening my eyes somewhat wide, and even slipping in a slight interjectional observation: Vivacities? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Already, as Miss Brooke passed out of the dining-room, opportunity was found for some interjectional asides. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Four sides of incoherent and interjectional beginnings of sentences, that had no end, except blots, were inadequate to afford her any relief. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Cedric went on with his story without noticing this interjectional observation of his friend. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checker: Sabina