Definition: Two or more words (such as part-time or high-speed) that act as a single idea to modify a noun (a part-time employee, a high-speed chase). Also called phrasal adjective or compound modifier. As a general rule, the words in a compound adjective are hyphenated when they come before a noun (a well-known actor) but not when they come after (The actor is well known). Also, compound adjectives formed with an adverb ending in-ly (such as rapidly changing) are usually not hyphenated.
Life on a Mediaeval Barony William Stearns Davis. ordinarily it is a mass of moving light and shade, of color. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 Charles Herbert Sylvester. ordinarily I would have laughed, hot ashes on the father and hot coals under the son, but now I sighed deeply.
An ordinal number shows a relative position, e.g., first, second, third, fourth, etc. In a sentence, ordinal numbers are used in the pattern The + Ordinal + Noun. For example, â¦ the first book of the series is about verbs. 8 people found this useful. 1  How to Write Ordinal Numbers Ordinal numbers are numbers used to describe a place in a series. 2  For instance, first is the ordinal number used to describe the place of a person who wins a gold medal in â¦.