modal


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
modal /ˈməʊd(ə)l/
adjective
  • 1 relating to mode or form as opposed to substance.
  • 2 Grammar of or denoting the mood of a verb.

    ■ relating to a modal verb.

  • 3 Statistics occurring most frequently in a population.
  • 4 (of music) using melodies or harmonies based on modes other than the ordinary major and minor scales.
  • 5 Logic (of a proposition) in which the predicate is affirmed of the subject with some qualification or condition.
– derivatives
modally adverb.
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