Dictionary Check: modal
"modal" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
adjective
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
Example:
"the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
adjective
of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
adjective
relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
Example:
"modal auxiliary"
noun
an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality
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