considerative

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹeɪtɪv/, /kɑnˈsɪdəɹeɪtɪv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹətɪv/, /kənˈsɪdɹətɪv/

Adjective

considerative (comparative more considerative, superlative most considerative)

1. (archaic) Considerate; careful; thoughtful.
   • 1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, signature I2, recto:

     [W]here ere I come, / I loue to be conſideratiue; and, 'tis true, / I haue, at my free houres, thought vpon / Some certaine Goods, vnto the State of Venice, / VVhich I do call my Cautions: […]

Derived terms

• considerativeness

 

References

• “considerative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.