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   pos·ses·sive

   /pəˈzesiv/

   adjective

   • 1. demanding someone's total attention and love: "as soon as she'd been out with a guy a few times, he'd get possessive" Similar proprietorialoverprotectiveclingingcontrollingdominatingjealous
   • ▪ showing a desire to own things and an unwillingness to share what one already owns: "young children are proud and possessive of their own property" Similar graspinggreedyacquisitivecovetousselfishinformal:grabby
   • 2. relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession.

   noun

   • 1. a possessive word or form.
   • ▪ the possessive case.

   Derivatives

   • 1. possessively adverb
   • 2. possessiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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