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contractive
[ kuhn-trak-tiv ]
/ kənˈtræk tɪv /
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adjective
serving or tending to contract.
capable of contracting.
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OTHER WORDS FROM contractive
con·trac·tive·ly, adverbcon·trac·tive·ness, nounWords nearby contractive
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How to use contractive in a sentence
The gas burner is made of a metal having great expansive and contractive properties.
And the doctor, by sundry tests and applications, showed the peculiar exhausted and contractive condition of the muscles.
Master of His Fate|J. Mclaren CobbanFor there are Bohemians even among gypsies; everything in this life being relative and socially-contractive.
The Gypsies|Charles G. LelandThere must always be contractive elements, implicit or explicit, in a marriage; that was well recognized even by the Canonists.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis