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supervisive

supervisive adjective: supervisory.

Adjective

supervisive (comparative more supervisive, superlative most supervisive)

  1. (archaic) supervisory

Forms of supervisive

comparativemore supervisive
superlativemost supervisive

Origin of supervisive

From supervise + -ive.

Questions about supervisive

What does supervisive mean?
Supervisive means supervisory.
What part of speech is supervisive?
Supervisive is an adjective.

Words near supervisive in the dictionary

  1. supervising
  2. supervision
  3. supervisionist
  4. supervisionists
  5. supervisions
  6. supervisive
  7. supervisor
  8. supervisoress
  9. supervisoresses
  10. supervisorial
  11. supervisorily

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