nonrestrictive
Adjective
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Not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase (synset 302012556)
"the nonrestrictive clause in `I always buy his books, which have influenced me greatly,' refers to his books generally and adds an additional fact about them"referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)similar to: unrestrictive - not tending to restrict
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