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distractive, a.|dɪˈstræktɪv|
[f. L. ppl. stem distract- (see distract v.) + -ive.]
Of distracting quality or tendency.
1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 212, I will walke free from all feares and distractive cares. 1643Milton Divorce ii. xii. (1851) 93 How hurtfull and distractive it is to the house, the Church and Commonwealth. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. vi. vi. (1872) 248 Thou undefinable..self-distractive, self-destructive Legislative. 1855― Misc., Prinzenraub (1872) VII. 162 Johann Frederick..founding that imbroglio of little dukedoms..distractive to the human mind.
Hence diˈstractively adv., with distracting tendency or effect.
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. ii. (1872) 6 Maddest Waterloo-Crackers, exploding distractively and destructively, wheresoever the mystified passenger stands or sits. 1837― Fr. Rev. III. i. iv. (1872) 19 Whether the Flag..flapped soothingly or distractively. |