The phrase "adjective commonly used" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the frequency or typicality of an adjective in language or specific contexts.
Example: "The word 'happy' is an adjective commonly used to describe positive emotions."
Alternatives: "frequently used adjective" or "often employed adjective".
"Shocking" was the adjective commonly used for the horror show of Deutsche Bank's latest trading update, although that was partly because its announcement that it could report third-quarter losses of more than €6bn (£4.4bn) came out late and the amount of red ink caught analysts on the hop.
Blootered, an adjective commonly used in Scotland to describe someone who is drunk, was added, along with Facebook, cyber bullying and floordrobe, which is defined as "a pile of clothes left on the floor of a room".
"Creative, resilient, opinionated" are adjectives commonly used to describe New Yorkers, he added.
Strong, aggressive and explosive are three of the adjectives commonly used to describe the Brazil-born player who was at the centre of an international tug-of-war between the country of his birth and his now adopted nation.
The adjective Venusian is commonly used for items related to Venus, though the Latin adjective is the rarely used Venerean; the archaic Cytherean is still occasionally encountered.
They are pretty short on description, with the prize for most commonly used adjective going fairly overwhelmingly to "tired", and contain only occasional elaboration ("tired – knackered actually").
Her most commonly used adjective is "amazing," often uttered just before she stops dead in front of something an oddly formal pile of sidewalk trash, an unusual detail in a building's façade, a sign with eccentric spelling or grammar that few other people would notice.
Her most commonly used adjective is "amazing," often uttered just before she stops dead in front of something — an oddly formal pile of sidewalk trash, an unusual detail in a building's façade, a sign with eccentric spelling or grammar — that few other people would notice.
From 2009-11, "fat" is the most commonly used adjective in front of "cat" - "pet" is second, followed by "stray", "pussy" and "scaredy".
The POMS-Brief, developed from the longer 65-adjective POMS, is a commonly used measure of psychological distress and has been found to be particularly useful in measuring changes in mood over time and therefore was appropriate in this longitudinal study.
"It feels like the 1970s," said Tom Perkins, a hydrologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a federal research group, referring to a time that weather-heads look back on as a golden age, when wet, cold, deep and white were commonly used adjectives.
