adaptive
serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.
Origin of adaptive
1Other words from adaptive
- a·dap·tive·ly, adverb
- a·dap·tive·ness, noun
- ad·ap·tiv·i·ty [ad-ap-tiv-i-tee], /ˌæd æpˈtɪv ɪ ti/, noun
- non·a·dap·tive, adjective
- re·a·dap·tive, adjective
- re·a·dap·tive·ly, adverb
- re·a·dap·tive·ness, noun
- un·a·dap·tive, adjective
- un·a·dap·tive·ly, adverb
- un·a·dap·tive·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with adaptive
- adaptive , adoptive
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How to use adaptive in a sentence
Adaptiveness—Let each dress worn by a lady be suitable to the occasion upon which she wears it.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyIn all the changes she had learned to be content, and she had a certain adaptiveness that kept her from being unhappy.
A Little Girl in Old Boston | Amanda Millie DouglasThe child, with her many changes and gentle nature, had developed a certain tact or adaptiveness, and loved pleasantness.
A Little Girl in Old Boston | Amanda Millie DouglasIn this human task of securing adaptation and retaining adaptiveness the life sciences have high rank.
College Teaching | Paul KlapperWith all his extraordinary adaptiveness, he stands in many respects in sharpest contrast to his environment.
Sketches In The House (1893) | T. P. O'Connor
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