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having many features or details
- He told a descriptive story about his trip to Spain that captured our attention.
- An overly descriptive account of the movie that left little to the imagination.
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“Descriptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descriptive. Accessed 2 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of descriptive was in 1593
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