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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Responsive  \Re*spon"sive\  (-s?v),  a.  [Cf.  F.  resposif.] 
  1.  That  responds;  ready  or  inclined  to  respond. 
 
  2.  Suited  to  something  else;  correspondent. 
 
  The  vocal  lay  responsive  to  the  strings.  --Pope. 
 
  3.  Responsible.  [Obs.]  --Jer.  Taylor.  --  {Re*spon"sive*ly}, 
  adv  --  {Re*spon"sive*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  responsive 
  adj  1:  (religion)  containing  or  using  responses  or  antiphons 
  recited  or  sung  in  alternation;  "responsive  reading"; 
  "antiphonal  liturgy"  [syn:  {antiphonal}] 
  2:  readily  reacting  to  people  or  events;  showing  emotion; 
  "children  are  often  the  quickest  and  most  responsive 
  members  of  the  audience"  [ant:  {unresponsive}] 
  3:  susceptible  to  suggestion;  "a  personality  responsive  to  your 
  desires"  [syn:  {tractable}] 
  4:  readily  reacting  to  suggestions  and  influences;  "a 
  responsive  student" 
  5:  susceptible  to  the  feelings  or  attitudes  of  others  "keeping 
  government  in  America  responsive  to  the  will  of  the 
  people" 




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