participial

[ pahr-tuh-sip-ee-uh l ]

/ ˌpɑr təˈsɪp i əl /

Grammar

of or relating to a participle.

similar to or formed from a participle.

a participle.

Origin of participial

1560–70; < Latin participiālis, equivalent to participi(um) participle + -ālis -al¹

par·ti·cip·i·al·i·ty, noun par·ti·cip·i·al·ly, adverb

Participial adjectives, which express action and also modify.

An English Grammar |W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
Sometimes for emphasis a participial phrase or an adverbial clause precedes the subject.

Business English |Rose Buhlig
The only doubt I have felt is, whether the noun formed is so purely elementary as not to partake of a participial character.

Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Walker attributes the change of accent to the influence of the participial termination -ing.

A Handbook of the English Language |Robert Gordon Latham

The important idea should not be placed in a which clause, or a when clause, or a participial phrase.

The Century Handbook of Writing |Garland Greever