considerative
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹeɪtɪv/, /kɑnˈsɪdəɹeɪtɪv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹətɪv/, /kənˈsɪdɹətɪv/
Adjective
[edit]considerative (comparative more considerative, superlative most considerative)
- (archaic) Considerate; careful; thoughtful.
- 1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, signature I2, recto:
- [W]here ere I come, / I loue to be conſideratiue; and, 'tis true, / I haue, at my free houres, thought vpon / Some certaine Goods, vnto the State of Venice, / VVhich I do call my Cautions: […]
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “considerative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.