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concentrative

British  
/ ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪtɪv /

adjective

  1. tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • concentratively adverb
  • concentrativeness noun

Example Sentences

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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

I'll see if I can't develop my concentrative faculty and introduce a few of the same performances in our show.

From The Sorcery Club by O'Donnell, Elliott

After some time, however, Woodward's glance seemed to lose its concentrative power, and gradually to become vague and blank.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

C D is also concentrative, though less so than B C, and is more strongly sensational.

From A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication by Clark, Daniel

At all events, that concentrative, synthetical power, that takes in surrounding objects at a single glance, and retains them in a tolerably distinct classification, is rather enviable, even as a mental accomplishment.

From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)