Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Giving knowledge of something not obvious: indicative.
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- adjective rare
Confessing ; constituting aconfession oradmission .
Etymologies
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From confess + -ive.
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Examples
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For the rest, he is happy to fall back on his old confessive ways.
Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003
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