Definition of "imperfective" []

• Of, related to, or being the aspect that expresses the action denoted by the verb without regard to its beginning or completion. (adjective)
• The imperfective aspect. (noun)
• An imperfective verb form. (noun)
• A verb having an imperfective form. (noun)

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• "The "imperfective" is where nothing definitely happens but only goes on indefinitely"
• "But never has this "imperfective" been so exclusively paramount as now."
• "Very "imperfective" and hardly a "story," it is nevertheless done with sober and conscientious craftsmanship, very much like Bunin and very unlike the usual idea we have of Pilniak."