exactive

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English

Adjective

exactive (comparative more exactive, superlative most exactive)

  1. exacting
    • 1886, William M'Dowall, Chronicles of Lincluden as an Abbey and as a College, page 70:
      The duties laid upon the Provost were not of an exactive nature. His office was one of dignity, with good pay, rather than of hard work.

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