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Synonyms for receptive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-sep-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsɛp tɪv |
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Définition of receptive
Origin :- 1540s, from Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin recipere (see receive). Related: Receptivity.
- adj open to new ideas
- His manner was anything but receptive so far as excuses were concerned.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- We were always in the most receptive and sympathetic condition.
- Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- It is a phase of the life of the school, both in its active and its receptive states.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- It wasn't just blank, either; Malone finally pinned it down as Receptive.
- Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- In this receptive mood the traveller reaches Lund and an automobile.
- Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
- But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
- Extract from : « True to His Home » by Hezekiah Butterworth
- In Natasha's receptive condition of soul this prayer affected her strongly.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- He had the curious, receptive, alert and eager mind of a child.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 » by Elbert Hubbard
- There was no limit save that imposed by the receptive capacity of the guest.
- Extract from : « The Bibliotaph » by Leon H. Vincent
- The best of blood ran in her veins, and by nature she was quick, sympathetic and receptive.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
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