Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having the nature of a caress; gentle, soothing.

  2. Of a diminutive: indicating affection or endearment.

    пестли́вийpestlývyj

Translations

1 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of a diminutive: indicating affection or endearment:

Origin

From caress + -ive.

From caress + -ive.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more caressive, most caressive
Comparativemore caressive Lesson
Superlativemost caressive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
caressive — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto