Appreciative
[ə'priːʃətɪv] or [ə'priʃətɪv]
Definition
(adj.) having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion; 'appreciative of a beautiful landscape'; 'an appreciative laugh from the audience' .
(adj.) feeling or expressive of gratitude; 'was appreciative of his efforts'; 'an appreciative word' .
Editor: Ronda--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience.
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Examples
- Altogether they were very beautiful, but I fear that I did not regard them with a particularly appreciative eye on this, my first inspection of them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A wife, a modest young lady, with the purely appreciative, unambitious abilities of her sex, is sure to think her husband's mind powerful. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nor was Mr. Gould less appreciative of the value of Edison's automatic system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Their utilitarian value in forming habits of skill to be used for tangible results is important, but not when isolated from the appreciative side. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Appreciative realizations are to be distinguished from symbolic or representative experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As the six evenings had dwindled away, to five, to four, to three, to two, I had become more and more appreciative of the society of Joe and Biddy. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The Vengeance and the Juryman, looking after her as she walked away, were highly appreciative of her fine figure, and her superb moral endowments. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He would not drop the work, and while highly appreciative of the proposed honor, let it go by rather than quit for a week or two the stern drudgery of probing for the fact and the truth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As an appreciative realization, each of these is an intrinsic value. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They are always quiet, always orderly, always cheerful, comfortable, and appreciative of life and its manifold blessings. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Chiefly to enjoy good conversation, I understand, her husband retorted perversely; and she broke into an appreciative laugh. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Then a wide grin of appreciative understanding spread across his countenance. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were big and shy and embarrassed and very appreciative together of anything that happened. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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