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considerative

UK/kənˈsɪdəɹətɪv/US/kənˈsɪdəɹeɪtɪv/

considerative adjective: considerate; careful; thoughtful.

Adjective

considerative (comparative more considerative, superlative most considerative)

  1. (archaic) Considerate; careful; thoughtful.
    • [W]here ere I come, / I loue to be conſideratiue; and, 'tis true, / I haue, at my free houres, thought vpon / Some certaine Goods, vnto the State of Venice, / VVhich I do call my Cautions: […]1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, signature I2, recto

Forms of considerative

comparativemore considerative
superlativemost considerative

Words formed from considerative

Questions about considerative

What does considerative mean?
Considerative means considerate; careful; thoughtful.
What part of speech is considerative?
Considerative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce considerative?
Considerative is pronounced /kənˈsɪdəɹeɪtɪv/ (US).

Words near considerative in the dictionary

  1. considerateness
  2. considerates
  3. considerating
  4. consideration
  5. considerations
  6. considerative
  7. consideratively
  8. considerativeness
  9. considerator
  10. considerators
  11. considered

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