English Explanatory Dictionary

modal particle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a word class that indicates the mood of an utterance

Word forms

modal particle modal particles

Etymology

From modal + particle, attested from the first half of the 19th century. Calque of German Modalpartikel.

Related words

sentence-final particle
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