admissive
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonadmissive adjective
- unadmissive adjective
Etymology
Origin of admissive
Example Sentences
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Creazzo said Diaw had offered "substantially admissive" testimony in response to the accusations during a preliminary interrogation that lasted until 4 a.m.
From US News • Jan. 14, 2016
"They were under oath and that is admissive evidence."
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2010
The tone was admissive, and as if she had said, "That is another thing!"
From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
I have been thus precise, because criticism is to me not "a game," nor admissive of cogging and falsification.
From Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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