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responsive |
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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