di|rec´tive|ness

di|rec´tive|ness
di|rec|tive «duh REHK tihv, dy-», noun, adjective.
–n.
an order or instruction telling what to do, how to do, or where to go: »

The captain gave a directive to his lieutenants. This advisory…had the force of a directive because of the willing, not to say anxious, compliance of newspaper editors and publishers (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).

–adj.
directing; serving to direct.
di|rec´tive|ly, adverb.
di|rec´tive|ness, noun.

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