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adjustive

adjustive adjective: tending or serving to adjust.

Adjective

adjustive (comparative more adjustive, superlative most adjustive)

  1. Tending or serving to adjust.
    • adjustive behavior
    • adjustive force

Forms of adjustive

comparativemore adjustive
superlativemost adjustive

Origin of adjustive

From adjust + -ive.

Words formed from adjustive

Questions about adjustive

What does adjustive mean?
Adjustive means tending or serving to adjust.
What part of speech is adjustive?
Adjustive is an adjective.

Words near adjustive in the dictionary

  1. adjustible
  2. adjusting
  3. adjusting entries
  4. adjusting entry
  5. adjustings
  6. adjustive
  7. adjustment
  8. adjustment account
  9. adjustment accounts
  10. adjustment center
  11. adjustment centers

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