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/mˈoʊdəl/ Listen

adjective

Modal adj.

Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

(Logic & Metaph.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought, such as the modes of possibility or obligation.

(Gram.) Pertaining to or denoting mood.

noun

Modal n. (Gram.), A modal auxiliary.

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Etymology of 'Modal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... therefore another expression for the trivial: matter, as against vacancy or the privation of matter, yields the antithesis of material or immaterial, substantial and unsubstantial; matter, as against form, yields the antithesis of substance and shape, or otherwise of material and modal—what is matter and what is the mere modification of matter, its variation by means of ornament ...

— The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols) • Thomas De Quincey