confessive

adj

confessive

adj

Etymology From confess + -ive.

1

Rare Confessing; constituting a confession or admission.

‘No, no. No sugar, thank you,’ said Smiley with a confessive grin.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 197:

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