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exactive

exactive adjective: exacting.

Adjective

exactive (comparative more exactive, superlative most exactive)

  1. exacting
    • The duties laid upon the Provost were not of an exactive nature. His office was one of dignity, with good pay, rather than of hard work.1886, William M'Dowall, Chronicles of Lincluden as an Abbey and as a College, page 70

Forms of exactive

comparativemore exactive
superlativemost exactive

Words formed from exactive

Questions about exactive

What does exactive mean?
Exactive means exacting.
What part of speech is exactive?
Exactive is an adjective.

Words near exactive in the dictionary

  1. exactinio
  2. exaction
  3. exactions
  4. exactitude
  5. exactitudes
  6. exactive
  7. exactiveness
  8. exactly
  9. exactment
  10. exactments
  11. exactness

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