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    responsive
    /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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  2. 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.

  3. The meaning of RESPONSIVE is giving response : constituting a response : answering. How to use responsive in a sentence. Did you know?

  4. 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.

  5. Responsive definition: responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.. See examples of RESPONSIVE used in a sentence.

  6. 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.

  7. RESPONSIVE definition: listening to someone or something and having a positive and quick reaction to them: . Learn more.

  8. adj. 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.