Usage
What does embracive mean? Embracive describes something that is fully encompassing, as in Ulga took an embracive approach to learning about Guatemala by living there for several years. Something that is embracive surrounds something else, as an envelope does for a letter or a phone case does for a mobile phone. Embracive can also mean given to embracing or caressing, as in Parents are often embracive of their new babies, hugging and cuddling them a lot. Example: The marketing plan is embracive of our company’s mission and direction.
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Example Sentences
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She was not alone in embracing pure lines as a highly evolved form of chic, but she was the boldface, expert practitioner.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2019
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