Crossword-Solution: RECREATIVE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Recreative | a. | Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “RECREATIVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Refreshing, like play | 1 answer |
| Restoring. | 1 answer |
| Diverting. | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RECREATIVE (5)
Besides, I had written a string of successful books, and society demands some portion of the recreative hours of a fellow that writes books.
The first is a relaxation of the tense schoolroom atmosphere, valuable for its refreshing recreative power.
His rich collection of anecdotes for the illustration of religious truths was the favourite recreative reading in the convents for three centuries, and exercised great influence over the thought of the later Middle Ages.
Now, the young in spirit, whether old or young, expect, and should have an hour at the newest, liveliest, and most recreative games.
And is it not this feeling, that contemporary judgments are apt to turn out a little ludicrous, which has converted much criticism of late from judgment pronounced into impression recorded--recreative statement--a kind, in fact, of expression of the critic's self, elicited through contemplation of a book, a play, a symphony, a picture? For this kind of criticism there has even recently been claimed an actual identity with creation.
Quotes with RECREATIVE (1)
'Recreative' is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don't like the way that 'recreational' sounds - I don't like to say I do a lot of 'recreational' reading. I like to say that I read 'recreatively.' I do a lot of 'recreative' reading.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1956–2000).