the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful.
adj. condition (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract can not be completed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption; uncertain; doubtful; deliberative.
Having the power to suspend the operation of something.
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adj. (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
adj. undecided or characterized by indecisiveness
Word Usage
"Tananarive, for instance, has a trait I've seen far more frequently among women than men: she talks in suspensive sentences, postponing the object for clause after clause, and sometimes sentence after sentence, as if working from the outside in."