expective
English
Etymology
expect + -ive
Adjective
expective (comparative more expective, superlative most expective)
- expectative
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for expective in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- exceptive