recommendative
recommendative adjective: that recommends; recomendatory.
Adjective
recommendative
- That recommends; recomendatory.
- The coffee-urn or pot should have on its brightest face, and all the recommendative warmth of its nature — ready for a free outpouring; the cream or boiled milk should not lack heat, and, not "to waste its sweetness" on the unappreciating air, should be contained in a covered pitcher of tin or...1860, Mrs. T. J. Crowen, American Lady's System of Cookery, page 398
- However, an epistemic inference could also be used in a recommendative or directive manner.1975, David James Louzecky, Reasons, Actions, and Beliefs, page 74
Noun
recommendative (plural recommendatives)
- That which recommends; a recommendation.
- If our English youth were trained up a great deal more, than they are at present, in the noble art of oratory, and better instructed in the rules and laws of speaking and action, the ornament and recommendative of all discourse; why might they not become as good speakers, as ever Greece and Rome...1727, The Art of Speaking in Publick, page 15
- The right bank of the river is remarkably firm and good, and the left bank is not particularly bad; but the strongest recommendative in favor of the site is the abundance of stone — both of rubble and of blocks, almost completely dressed, which can be obtained from the old fort, opposite to and...1866, Report of the Ganges Canal Committee, page 20
Examples of recommendative in a sentence
- I cannot find that the average denizen of the Bowery seems to be greatly impressed by any oratorical or recommendative efforts which may proceed from me.2011, Gerald Gunther, Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge, page 94:
- I can only express my own gratification that our Committee was ready at this time to make that report and recommendative, and my earnest hope that the resolutions will be adopted.1896, Report of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, page 14:
Forms of recommendative
| plural | recommendatives |
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Origin of recommendative
From recommend + -ative.
Questions about recommendative
- What does recommendative mean?
- Recommendative means that recommends; recomendatory.
- How do you use recommendative in a sentence?
- I cannot find that the average denizen of the Bowery seems to be greatly impressed by any oratorical or recommendative efforts which may proceed from me.
- What part of speech is recommendative?
- Recommendative can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near recommendative in the dictionary
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