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embracive

American  
[em-brey-siv] / ɛmˈbreɪ sɪv /

adjective

  1. thoroughly embracing embrace or encompassing.

  2. given to embracing embrace or caressing.


Usage

What does embracive mean? Embracive describes something that is fully encompassing, as in Ulga took an embracive approach to learning about Guatemala by living there for several years.Something that is embracive surrounds something else, as an envelope does for a letter or a phone case does for a mobile phone. Embracive can also mean given to embracing or caressing, as in Parents are often embracive of their new babies, hugging and cuddling them a lot.Example: The marketing plan is embracive of our company’s mission and direction.

Other Word Forms

  • embracively adverb

Etymology

Origin of embracive

First recorded in 1850–55; embrace 1 + -ive