exceptive

[ ik-sep-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. being or making an exception.

  2. disposed to take exception; objecting.

Origin of exceptive

1
From the Late Latin word exceptīvus, dating back to 1555–65. See except2, -ive

Other words from exceptive

  • ex·cep·tive·ly, adverb
  • un·ex·cep·tive, adjective

Words Nearby exceptive

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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.

  • 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
  1. relating to or forming an exception

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