exactiveadj.
/ɛɡˈzaktɪv/ rare.
Disposed to exact or be exacting. Const. of.
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society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > exacting
exigeant1789
exigent1790
exactive1822
exacting1847
sweaty1919
ball-busting1978
1822 ‘P. Beauchamp’ Anal. Infl. Nat. Relig. i. 15 Personal affections..almost always frivolous and exactive.
1868 W. Hanna Ministry in Galilee 216 I am selfishly exactive of affection.
Derivatives
eˈxactiveness n. the quality of being exactive.
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society > authority > strictness > [noun] > exactingness
exactiveness1628
exigence1839
exactingness1866
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > quality of being difficult or exacting
exactiveness1628
rigours1861
exactingness1866
demandingness1930
1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. 250 It was..an exactiuenesse of vertue, that had made him carry himselfe with such modesty.
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adj.1628