purely descriptive
Frequency: 6.04.2 per million words
Indicates that the purpose is only for description, without analysis or judgment.
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Examples (10)
- The passage is purely descriptive.
- His initial report was purely descriptive, focusing only on what he observed.
- For this assignment, your summary should be purely descriptive and avoid any analysis.
- The first chapter of the book is purely descriptive, setting the scene for the events that follow.
- Unlike evaluative feedback, my comments are intended to be purely descriptive.
- The police asked for a purely descriptive account of the incident, without any personal theories.
- Early scientific writing was often purely descriptive, cataloging plants and animals.
- Is this section meant to be purely descriptive, or should I include my interpretation?
- The witness statement was criticized for not being purely descriptive and containing judgments.
- Our goal is to create a purely descriptive grammar of the language as it is spoken today.