Pulchritudinous?
Not affected by the call for prayer and the day of Friday, Sultan sat comfortably on the bench waiting for the Christian artist to complete his magic with the brushes and paint and hand him a delicate piece of art with his ever-young face painted pulchritudinous on the silk paper.
According to Oxford Dictionaries, "pulchritudinous" is an adjective meaning "Beautiful". Is "Pulchritudinous" used correctly in this sentence? Because it seems the writer had used this word as an adverb. Therefore, I think it is wrong.
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"Pulchritudinous" is an adjective and in the passage it is used adverbially when there is no adverbial version of pulchritudinous. "
- "Pulchritudinous" is an adjective and in the passage it is used adverbially when there is no adverbial version of pulchritudinous.
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"Pulchritudinous" is an adjective and in the passage it is used adverbially when there is no adverbial version of pulchritudinous. It should be "...painted beautifully on the silk paper."
0FatimaSaboor123Therefore, I think it is wrong.
You are right. The ending -ly is needed to make it an adverb, and thus, correct.
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