Formative and Incipient

Formative

Formative adjective - Having a role in deciding something's final form.
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Incipient and formative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incipient" instead an adjective "Formative".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, format, formated, formating

Incipient

Incipient adjective - Beginning to come into existence.
Usage example: I have an incipient dislike and distrust of that guy, and I only met him this morning

Formative and incipient are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formative" instead an adjective "Incipient".

Nearby Word: incipience
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