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- Dictionaryresponsive/rɪˈspɒnsɪv/
adjective
- 1. reacting quickly and positively: "a flexible service that is responsive to changing social patterns"
- 2. in response; answering: "I'm distracted by a nibble on my line: I jig it several times, but there is no responsive tug"
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saying or doing something as a reaction to something or someone, especially in a quick or positive way: a responsive engine. a responsive audience. She wasn't responsive to questioning. able to be improved or cured by a treatment: The disease has proved responsive to the new treatment. Opposite. unresponsive. Fewer examples.
The meaning of RESPONSIVE is giving response : constituting a response : answering. How to use responsive in a sentence. Did you know?
1. adjective. A responsive person is quick to react to people or events and to show emotions such as pleasure and affection. Harriet was an easy, responsive little girl. This is a responsive class with plenty of ideas. Three months before birth babies are already responsive to sound.
saying or doing something as a reaction to something or someone, especially in a quick or positive way: a responsive engine. a responsive audience. She wasn't responsive to questioning. able to be improved or cured by a treatment: The disease has proved responsive to the new treatment. Opposite.
Responsive definition: responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.. See examples of RESPONSIVE used in a sentence.
listening to someone or something and having a positive and quick reaction to them: a wonderfully responsive audience.
1. Answering or replying; responding. 2. Readily reacting to suggestions, influences, appeals, or efforts: a responsive student. 3. Containing or using responses: responsive reading; responsive liturgy. re·spon′sive·ly adv. re·spon′sive·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.