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writative

writative adjective: inclined to much writing.

Adjective

writative (comparative more writative, superlative most writative)

  1. (archaic, rare) Inclined to much writing.
    • I Find, tho’ I have leſs experience than you, the truth of what you told me ſome time ago, that increaſe of years makes men more talkative but leſs writative: to that degree, that I now write no letters but of plain buſineſs, or plain how-d’ye’s, to thoſe few I am forced to correſpond with, either...1736, August 17, Alexander Pope, letter LXXXII to Jonathan Swift, pages 247–248

Forms of writative

comparativemore writative
superlativemost writative

Origin of writative

From write, possibly modelled on talkative.

Questions about writative

What does writative mean?
Writative means inclined to much writing.
What part of speech is writative?
Writative is an adjective.

Words near writative in the dictionary

  1. writ-room
  2. writ-rooms
  3. writability
  4. writable
  5. writation
  6. writative
  7. write
  8. write blocker
  9. write blockers
  10. write checks one can't cash
  11. write cheques one can't cash

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