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caressive

[ kuh-res-iv ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of or resembling a caress:

    caressive words; a caressive breeze.

  2. characterized by or given to caresses.


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Other Words From

  • ca·ressive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of caressive1

First recorded in 1795–1805; caress + -ive
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Example Sentences

He held her hand and drew it up to his throat, pressing his chin against the fingers with a movement that was as caressive as a kiss.

Sophisticates may take scant pleasure in the caressive, high-pitched crooning of Morton Downey but R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. counts as well spent the $108,000 paid him since June.

The lads, Dannie, out there on the grounds, is wonderful fond o’ jokin’, an’ they says I’ve a power o’ looks; but mother,” he concluded, his voice grown caressive and reverent, “wouldn’t lie.”

She showed herself much inclined to make sexual advances towards adults, pressing herself up against them in a way which innocent persons interpreted as manifesting the caressive inclinations of the child.

He is of opinion that homosexually inclined boys often exhibit even in childhood caressive tendencies; such boys early attract the attention of priests, who make use of them in the performance of various ecclesiastical ceremonies.

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