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exceptive

[ ik-sep-tiv ]
/ ɪkˈsɛp tɪv /
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adjective
being or making an exception.
disposed to take exception; objecting.
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Origin of exceptive

From the Late Latin word exceptīvus, dating back to 1555–65. See except2, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM exceptive

ex·cep·tive·ly, adverbun·ex·cep·tive, adjective

Words nearby exceptive

exceptionable, exceptional, exceptionalism, exceptionality, exceptionally, exceptive, excerpt, excerpta, excess, excess baggage, excess demand
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Words related to exceptive

crucial, dangerous, decisive, dire, integral, perilous, pivotal, precarious, risky, serious, significant, strategic, urgent, vital, demanding, acrimonious, cantankerous, carping, caviling, censorious

How to use exceptive in a sentence

  • Waking is an inferior exceptive kind of existence, into which she is dragged by the base exigencies of the world.

    Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450|Various

  • This exceptive compliment to his skill was not so acceptable to the Doctor, whose passion boiled over at the new indignity.

    The O'Donoghue|Charles James Lever

  • Is it not announced as a general maxim, to which there can be no exceptive case, Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof?

    A Lamp to the Path|W. K. Tweedie

British Dictionary definitions for exceptive

exceptive
/ (ɪkˈsɛptɪv) /
adjective
relating to or forming an exception
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