promptiveadj.
/ˈprɒm(p)tɪv/, U.S. /ˈprɑm(p)tɪv/ rare.
Tending or calculated to prompt someone or something; likely to give rise to something; conducive.
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the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating
stirring1421
movingc1443
provokingc1443
incitative1490
urgent1559
propulsory1585
pricking1592
pulsive1602
incentive1603
incitatory1610
urging1612
animalizing1617
impellent1620
irritant1636
instigative1644
propulsive1648
promptive1653
parastatic1656
exstimulatory1657
impulsory1659
appelling1666
irritative1686
instigating1702
spurring1702
stimulatinga1732
stimulatory1758
impulsive1788
stimulant1803
stimulative1836
exertivea1856
inciting1855
incitant1886
incitive1888
on-driving1927
incitory1941
1653 T. Urquhart Logopandecteision vi. 27 The Author in the first five Books having very posedly digested the causes promptive to the removal of all obstacles impediting the exposal of his brain-endeavours, [etc.].
1730 J. Dyer Poet. Wks. (1855) 18 When, lo! appeared (Or awful rose before the mental eye, In vision promptive oft of sacred truths) The semblance of a seer.
1884 J. Tait Mind in Matter 2 It is promptive of serious reflection that some of the greatest thinkers of past ages accounted in such a way for the manifestation of Mind in providence.
1901 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 9 Dec. 1/4 [They] try to shoo us off from what we thought..was a laudable undertaking and one that would be promptive of a law abiding and godly Sabbath.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xii. 261 His voice.., quiet, not even argumentative; just promptive.
1998 Re: Chapter 9? in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Dec. I never woulda found that alcove on my own, or better put, thought to explore it without the infamous promptive ‘hand’ cursor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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