receptive

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  1. adjective Capable of or qualified for receiving.
  2. adjective Ready or willing to receive favorably: receptive to their proposals.
  3. adjective Linguistics Of or relating to the skills of listening and reading.

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  • His raw senses were unnaturally receptive, and he recognized not only her step and her scent, but the ineffable feel of her caring. —  Mary Jo Putney - The Rake.htm
  • I think you are quick, receptive, and polite—all that is to the good But are you serious? —  Father Payne
  • And so this finely organized, receptive, aspiring woman, through the exercise of a will that seemed masculine in its strength, found her feet mired in quicksand. —  Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3
  • Something in Dexter was alert, receptive, at once Oh, Lud Simms has gone to pieces in a way. —  The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories
  • How receptive were the Hollywood greats towards an Indian star cast? —  Top Stories - Google News
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  1. from Old French receptif =Spanish Portuguese receptivo =Italian ricettivo, recettivo =G. receptiv, from New Latin *receptivus, from Latin recipere, past participle receptus, receive: see receive.
 

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