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Modal

adjective

Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution. Synonym: average.

Of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode.

Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb.

noun

An auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality. Synonyms: modal auxiliary, modal auxiliary verb, modal verb.

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... modal when the noun which follows the verb is not the name of any object affected by the verb, but the name of some object explaining the manner in which the action of the verb takes place, the instrument with which it is done, the end for ...

— A Handbook of the English Language • Robert Gordon Latham