advisiveadj.
/ədˈvʌɪsɪv/, U.S. /ədˈvaɪsɪv/ rare before mid 20th cent.† 2. Prudent, discreet. Cf. advisiveness n. Obsolete.
1. Of the nature of, characterized by, or containing advice.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective]
counselful1548
admonishinga1569
counselling1629
consiliary1642
advisive1648
councillary1651
consiliative1656
recommendatory1690
advisory1751
mentorial1802
1648 R. Herrick Wks. II. 47 A Paræneticall or Advisive Verse to his friend.
1662 R. G. (title) Virginia's cure: or an advisive narrative concerning Virginia.
1869 Evangelical Repository & United Presbyterian Rev. July 80 The law of the church..projects itself through all advisive, deliberative and administrative assemblies:—church-meetings, presbyteries, classes, conventions or conferences.
1920 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 4 Jan. 4/1 The type that, having exhausted advisive counsel from friends here, would follow after friends gone forth.
1954 P. Zagorin Hist. Polit. Thought in Eng. Revol. xiii. 175 The precepts of reason are advisive, not compulsive, and there is nothing externally obligatory about them.
2006 Pragmatics 16 423 I will..call attention to the discourse markers that can signal these relations and try to describe..their function in the production of advisive speech acts.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] > prudent
prudenta1382
warea1400
discreetc1400
vertyc1425
canny1581
prudential1647
sickerc1662
advisive1663
discretionary1712
discretional1778
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus l. 549 So as neither too much haste, nor too great sloath dulls the visage and flats the edge of its design and success; but that it is carryed on in an orderly and advisive way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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