What does supplicative mean?
Supplicative means Tending to supplicate.
Supplicative
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Tending to supplicate.
Example Sentences
"Supplicative prayer, by contrast, is the more selfish version, in which one prays for rain, to pass an examination, to recover from an illness (or, less selfishly, for someone else to recover from an illness)."
Synonyms for supplicative
Antonyms for supplicative
Related Words
Word Forms
- more supplicative
- most supplicative
Usage Notes
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How do you use supplicative in a sentence?
"Supplicative prayer, by contrast, is the more selfish version, in which one prays for rain, to pass an examination, to recover from an illness (or, less selfishly, for someone else to recover from an illness)."
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