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confessive

confessive adjective: confessing; constituting a confession or admission.

Adjective

confessive (comparative more confessive, superlative most confessive)

  1. (rare) Confessing; constituting a confession or admission.
    • ‘No, no. No sugar, thank you,’ said Smiley with a confessive grin.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 197

Forms of confessive

comparativemore confessive
superlativemost confessive

Origin of confessive

From confess + -ive.

Words that rhyme with confessive

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Questions about confessive

What does confessive mean?
Confessive means confessing; constituting a confession or admission.
What part of speech is confessive?
Confessive is an adjective.

Words near confessive in the dictionary

  1. confessionists
  2. confessionless
  3. confessionlessness
  4. confessions
  5. confessions page
  6. confessive
  7. confessor
  8. Confessore
  9. confessoress
  10. confessoresses
  11. confessorial

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