ex·cep·tive \-ptiv, -tēv also -təv\adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin exceptivus, from Latin exceptus + -ivus -ive 1.: relating to, containing, or constituting exception: as a.of a word: serving to introduce a verbal exception < an exceptive preposition > b.of a proposition in logic: having the subject limited by exception 2.archaic: exceptious • ex·cep·tive·ly\-tə̇vlē, -li\adverb