Responsive
[rɪ'spɒnsɪv] or [rɪ'spɑnsɪv]
Definition
(adj.) readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; 'children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience' .
(adj.) containing or using responses; alternating; 'responsive reading'; 'antiphonal laughter' .
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Definition
(a.) That responds; ready or inclined to respond.
(a.) Suited to something else; correspondent.
(a.) Responsible.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Answering.
Typist: Lycurgus
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Answering, correspondent, echoing, sympathetic, obedient
ANT:Alien, unsympathetic, strange, irresponsive
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Examples
- I stretched out my hand, and it touched none whose sensations were responsive to mine. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her eyes sought the faces about her, craving a responsive glance, some sign of an intuition of her trouble. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There was a responsive twittering and chirping--a low, oily laugh--a silence of a minute or so, and then I heard the opening of the house door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A recognition of what an incubus it is should make us hospitable to all those devices which aim at making politics responsive by disturbing the alignments of habit. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But suppose that politics were made responsive--suppose that the forces of the community found avenues of expression into public life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The sound had a responsive chord in the bosom of Clara. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Here was his world, he wanted nobody and nothing but the lovely, subtle, responsive vegetation, and himself, his own living self. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mercury, swift-responsive, appears, receives instructions whom to produce, skims away, produces the aforesaid, and departs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This,' said Mrs Wilfer, presenting a cheek to be kissed, as sympathetic and responsive as the back of the bowl of a spoon, 'is quite an honour! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She leaned forward with a responsive flash. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mortimer glanced at Eugene, but Eugene sat glowering at his paper, and would give him no responsive glance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Knowledge, these Germans believed, might be a cultivated crop, responsive to fertilizers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Philosophy is thinking what the known demands of us--what responsive attitude it exacts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Waiting,' returns the Analytical in responsive confidence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In both kinds of responsive adjustment, our activities are directed or controlled. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She had never seen him so alert, so responsive, so attentive to what she had to say. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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