adjustive

American  

[uh-juhs-tiv] / əˈdʒʌs tɪv /

adjective

1. concerned with, making, or controlling adjustments.

   to settle in a chair with adjustive motions; a thermostat with an adjustive dial.

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Etymology

Origin of adjustive

First recorded in 1880–85; adjust + -ive

Example Sentences

The convening scientists* were particularly interested in man's "adjustive struggle."

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Prime Minister Eisaku Sato calls the Japanese slowdown "an adjustive stage after years of phenomenal growth," predicts an upsurge soon.

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Said Chicago Psychologist Samuel J. Beck: "The presumably all-intellectual, nonemotional, strictly realistic attitude�that attitude traditionally so hallowed in science�is not useful equipment in the adjustive struggle."

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The organization dedicates itself to "optimize the status quo by fostering adjustive adherence to procedural abstractions and rhetorical clearances."

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