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caressive

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9 lettersPronunciation /kəˈɹɛsɪv/Sorted aceeirssvStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Having the nature of a caress; gentle, soothing.

Word origin

From caress + -ive.

Used in a sentence

  • But the faithful creature [a dog] had soon returned, and comprehending that his mistress was confined in this great stone building, he whined and howled, waiting, within ten feet of the sentinel, a caressive reply.
  • 'It's a lovely day, today!' Mrs Bolton would say in her caressive, persuasive voice.
  • All diminutives eaſily acquire a careſſive character, as animula, ocellus, &c. the Greeks even called their diminutives ὐποκρισικα; and the ſofter form, lin, rather than kin, would moſt naturally be ſo appropriated.

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