1
a
: affected with constipation
b
: causing constipation
2
: slow in action or expression
3
: not generous : stingy
costively
adverb
costiveness
noun
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In fact, their writings are more pungent now that they have been liberated from the costive confines of the movement.
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Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020
Movies coiled up in other movies have a habit of becoming either costive or cute, but somehow Falardeau avoids the traps.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
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Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020
Movies coiled up in other movies have a habit of becoming either costive or cute, but somehow Falardeau avoids the traps.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
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“Costive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/costive. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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costive
adjective
cos·tive
ˈkäs-tiv 
1
: affected with constipation
2
: causing constipation
a costive diet
Medical Definition
costive
adjective
cos·tive
ˈkäs-tiv, ˈkȯs-
1
: affected with constipation
2
: causing constipation
costiveness
noun
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