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missive

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1. missive - Noun

2. missive - Adjective

Meaning

Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive.

Missile.

That which is sent; a writing containing a message.

One who is sent; a messenger.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time in their lousy careers. I find it small wonder that the laboratories aren't all burning to the ground. If I had more guts, I'd light a match. Ingrid Newkirk

As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular "hook” upon which to hang the missive you are burning to release. Tim Wise

mailed an indignant letter to the editor Source: Internet

And all this missive came from a German, whose native cuisine is not exactly the shining example of gastronomic achievement. Source: Internet

After a 10-day visit to Costa Rica over Christmas he penned an online missive in which he suggested that Villalobos was running a ponzi scheme. Source: Internet

In the missive addressed to Felipe, Juan Carlos didn’t say when he would leave Spain or where his self-exile would take him. Source: Internet

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