limitative
adj1
Restrictive, limited.
- There is a general mood of expectation, these days, of "limitative" results—but back in 1931, this came as a bolt from the blue.1979, Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach:
2
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Being or relating to a grammatical case that specifies a deadline, a time by which something must take place.
- Derived terms
- nonlimitative