corresponsiveadj.
/kɒrɪˈspɒnsɪv/ Now rare or archaic.
Corresponding, correspondent, answering.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > corresponding or matching
evenOE
accordingc1300
answeringc1443
correspondentc1460
agreeing1533
answerable1534
suitable1548
suit-like1555
well-matched1576
corresponding1579
corresponsivea1616
matching1630
schematic1701
companionable1823
a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) Prol. 18 With massie Staples And corresponsiue and fulfilling Bolts.
1658 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 200 To educate [you] in a corresponsive way to your extraction.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 5 Oct. 114 He..weds the Past in the Present to some prepared and corresponsive Future.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (ed. 2) i. 25 A study by the ear alone of Shakespeare's metrical progress, and a study by light of the knowledge thus obtained of the corresponsive progress within.
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correˈsponsively adv. rare. (In mod. dicts.)
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