a. [f. L. appretiāt- ppl. stem of appretiāre + -IVE. Cf. mod. Fr. appréciatif, -ive.] Showing appreciation: having the quality of forming an adequate estimate, of recognizing the good points in an object, or of being sensitive to delicate impressions. Const. of.
1850. T. T. Lynch, Theoph. Trin., v. 84. Kindly appreciative words.
1867. Dickens, Lett. (1880), II. 313. A very quiet audience … appreciative but not demonstrative.
1879. Church, in Cassell’s Techn. Educ., I. 247/1. The eye has become less appreciative of red, and more appreciative of the other colours.
