Dictionary entry

Responsive

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐spon″sive (–s?v), a. [Cf. F. resposif.] 1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

2. Suited to something else; correspondent.

The vocal lay responsive to the strings. Pope.

3. Responsible. Jer. Taylor.

— Re‐spon″sive‐ly, adv. — Re‐spon″sive‐ness, n.