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circumscriptive

circumscriptive adjective: that circumscribes or outlines.

Adjective

circumscriptive (comparative more circumscriptive, superlative most circumscriptive)

  1. That circumscribes or outlines

Forms of circumscriptive

comparativemore circumscriptive
superlativemost circumscriptive

Words formed from circumscriptive

Questions about circumscriptive

What does circumscriptive mean?
Circumscriptive means that circumscribes or outlines.
What part of speech is circumscriptive?
Circumscriptive is an adjective.

Words near circumscriptive in the dictionary

  1. circumscriptable
  2. circumscriptible
  3. circumscription
  4. circumscriptional
  5. circumscriptions
  6. circumscriptive
  7. circumscriptively
  8. circumscriptly
  9. circumsecondary
  10. circumsect
  11. circumsected

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