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Definition of Distractive
1. a. Causing perplexity; distracting.
Definition of Distractive
1. Adjective. causing distraction ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distractive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distractive
Literary usage of Distractive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Concealing-coloration in the Animal Kingdom: An Exposition of the Laws of by Gerald Handerson Thayer, Abbott Handerson Thayer (1909)
"But the black markings on the quill feathers both of gulls and terns are worn
throughout the year, and probably serve both as 'distractive' marks f when the ..."
2. Why We Punctuate, Or, Reason Vs. Rule in the Use of Marks by William Livingston Klein (1897)
"Inasmuch as every mark of punctuation must be considered by the reader, the
presence of an unnecessary mark adds to the distractive effect inseparable from ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1918)
"... to obtain a graded series of distractors, that qualitative difference within
a modality has very little if anything to do with the distractive effect. ..."
4. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1908)
"They seem like rudderless ships on unknown seas, and are driven now here, now
there, by every attractive or distractive force. It is such an individual that ..."
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