concentrative

British  

/ ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪtɪv /

adjective

1. tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration

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Other Word Forms

• concentratively adverb
• concentrativeness noun

Example Sentences

My feelings were too devoted, too concentrative, too all-absorbing, to leave me happy, even when they seemed gratified.

From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore

We shall give you a practical working knowledge of concentrative mental methods and devices.

From Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Hilton, Warren

Burns's powers were concentrative, and he could put into a song what a dramatist might elaborate into a five-act tragedy; but that is not to say that the dramatist is the greater poet.

From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Setoun, Gabriel

He could seldom talk freely with more than two or three, however, on account of his constitutional shyness, and perhaps of a peculiarly concentrative cast of mind; though he possessed a ready adaptability.

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons

With all the strong concentrative might of his otherwise hard nature, he loved her.

From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram