inflective
adjEtymology From inflect + -ive.
1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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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