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Definition of Interruptive
1. a. Tending to interrupt; interrupting.
Definition of Interruptive
1. Adjective. Acting or tending to interrupt ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Interruptive
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interruptive
Literary usage of Interruptive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary of George Washington, from 1789 to 1791: Embracing the Opening of by George Washington (1860)
"... purpose so interruptive of the harmony and good understanding which his Majesty
is desirous to continue and cultivate with the most Christian king, &c. ..."
2. The Hygiene of the vocal organs by Morell Mackenzie (1886)
"The separate elements of articulate sound are of a twofold kind: first, continuous,
and secondly, interruptive. The former are the vowels, of which there ..."
3. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"In so-called interruptive cisterns without pots, the number is about eighteen
... In the interruptive cisterns, of ordinary capacity. ii',000 bottles can be ..."
4. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1892)
"These have not the closure of the organs interruptive of the breath which belongs
to the mutes, and consequently they were exempted from the law of change ..."
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