exceptive
being or making an exception.
disposed to take exception; objecting.
Origin of exceptive
1Other 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.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 | VariousThis 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 LeverIs 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
/ (ɪkˈsɛptɪv) /
relating to or forming an exception
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