at ‧ trib ‧ u ‧ tive /əˈtrɪbjətɪv, əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv/ BrE AmE adjective
describing and coming before a noun. For example, in the phrase ‘big city’, ‘big’ is an attributive adjective, and in the phrase ‘school bus’, ‘school’ is a noun in an attributive position. ⇨ predicative
—attributively adverb