EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR CONTRIBUTIVE
It would be foolish to ignore the contributive force of this sense.
Henry James proposed, in each instance, to disclose "the contributive value of the accessory facts in a given artistic case."
Description also, in the most artistic fiction, is used only as subsidiary and contributive to narration.
But it is in narrative and in description that the quality of style is most contributive to the maximum effect.
The contributive part of French in the new vocabulary corresponds to the branches of activity reserved to the new-comers.
WORD ORIGIN
1520s, from Latin contributus, past participle of contribuere "to bring together, add, unite, collect, contribute" (see contribution). Figurative sense is from 1630s. Related: Contributed; contributing.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR CONTRIBUTIVE
more profitable
adjectiveadvantageous; money-making- assisting
- beneficial
- commercial
- conducive
- contributive
- cost-effective
- effective
- effectual
- favorable
- fruitful
- gainful
- going
- good
- in the black
- instrumental
- lucrative
- paid off
- paying
- paying well
- practical
- pragmatic
- productive
- remunerative
- rewarding
- self-sustaining
- serviceable
- successful
- sustaining
- sweet
- useful
- valuable
- well-paying
- worthwhile
profitable
adjectiveadvantageous; money-making- assisting
- beneficial
- commercial
- conducive
- contributive
- cost-effective
- effective
- effectual
- favorable
- fruitful
- gainful
- going
- good
- in the black
- instrumental
- lucrative
- paid off
- paying
- paying well
- practical
- pragmatic
- productive
- remunerative
- rewarding
- self-sustaining
- serviceable
- successful
- sustaining
- sweet
- useful
- valuable
- well-paying
- worthwhile
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