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suspective

suspective adjective: arousing or based on suspicion.

Adjective

suspective (comparative more suspective, superlative most suspective)

  1. Arousing or based on suspicion.
  2. (Korean language) Being or relating to a specific Korean verb form usually formed with the suffix -지 (-ji, “-ji”), and typically used to deny or qualify something said by another.

Forms of suspective

comparativemore suspective
superlativemost suspective

Origin of suspective

From suspect + -ive.

Words formed from suspective

Questions about suspective

What does suspective mean?
Suspective means arousing or based on suspicion.
What part of speech is suspective?
Suspective is an adjective.

Words near suspective in the dictionary

  1. suspectible
  2. suspecting
  3. suspectingly
  4. suspection
  5. suspections
  6. suspective
  7. suspectless
  8. suspectly
  9. suspectness
  10. suspector
  11. suspectors

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