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quietive

quietive adjective: tending to quieten or make passive.

Adjective

quietive (comparative more quietive, superlative most quietive)

  1. Tending to quieten or make passive.

Noun

quietive (plural quietives)

  1. Something that quietens; a sedative.

Forms of quietive

Adjective
comparativemore quietive
superlativemost quietive
Noun
pluralquietives

Questions about quietive

What does quietive mean?
Quietive means tending to quieten or make passive.
What part of speech is quietive?
Quietive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near quietive in the dictionary

  1. quietism
  2. quietisms
  3. quietist
  4. quietistic
  5. quietists
  6. quietive
  7. quietives
  8. quietless
  9. quietlier
  10. quietlike
  11. quietly

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