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constructive

Speech parts

1. constructive - Adjective

2. constructive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.

Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. Paul Hawken

The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences. Albrecht Dürer

There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent. John Mott

Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive. Anthony Burgess

Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success. Bruce Lee

As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing. Bell hooks

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