de ‧ scrip ‧ tive /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: adjective : describable ≠ ↑ indescribable , ↑ nondescript , ↑ descriptive ; verb : ↑ describe ; noun : ↑ description ; adverb : ↑ descriptively ]
1 . giving a description of something:
the descriptive passages in the novel
2 . technical describing how the words of a language are actually used, rather than saying how they ought to be used OPP prescriptive
—descriptively adverb