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Impulsive   /ɪmpˈəlsɪv/   Listen
adjective
Impulsive  adj.  
1.
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. "Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do some impulsive force obey."
2.
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings. "My heart, impulsive and wayward."
3.
(Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; said of forces.


noun
Impulsive  n.  That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.





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"Impulsive" Quotes from Famous Books



... "I see. Well, as I said, ordinary friends could not be admitted. Lady Ingleby went, in her sweet impulsive way, without letting them know she was coming; travelled all the way up from Shenstone with no maid, and nothing but a handbag, and arrived at the door in a fly. Robert Mackenzie, the local medical man, who is an inveterate misogynist, feared at first she was an unsuspected ...
— The Rosary • Florence L. Barclay
... she answered, instinctively suppressing a sigh. She began to realize a little what a strange being she had married. With an impulsive need of protection she held him close, hiding her face in his neck. The reality of his arms ...
— The Nest Builder • Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
... so nice to have a new mamma! such a sweet, kind one," Lulu exclaimed with impulsive warmth, setting down her candle and throwing her arms ...
— Grandmother Elsie • Martha Finley
... they at once resort to comminatory messages. Compare the methods of the Emperor William with those of Edward VII. Nothing illustrates better the differences between the characteristics of English and German diplomacy than the dramatic contrast between the bragging, indiscreet, impulsive, explosive manner of the Kaiser and the quiet, courteous manner of the English monarch. Nothing explains better the striking success which has attended English policy and the no less striking failure which has attended German policy. For in international as well as in private relations, intellectual ...
— German Problems and Personalities • Charles Sarolea
... unchanged, she artfully added that her father had so modified his opinions of foreigners as to press a suit between her and a Spanish Count, of whom it was said that he possessed estates in Arragon. This news seriously affected Leon, who was of an impulsive temper, and quick to give himself up to grief; for he knew what strange changes time and distance works in the mind of a young, ardent girl like Linda. He knew, too, how difficult a thing it was to resist the fascinating manners of ...
— The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter • "Pheleg Van Trusedale"


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