1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discriminate.

2. (a.) Marking a difference; distinguishing.

accurate adoptive appointive appreciative careful censorious characteristic characterizing choicy choosing choosy circumspect civilized conscientious considerate constituent contrastive critical cultivated cultured dainty delicate diacritical diagnostic differencing differential differentiative discerning discreet discriminate discriminative distinctive distinguishing eclectic elective electoral elegant enlightened exact exacting fastidious fine fussy graceful gracile gracious idiosyncratic individualizing individuating judgmatic judicial judicious keen meticulous nice particular peculiar perceptive perfectionistic personalizing picky polished politic precise precisianistic priggish provident prudent prudential prudish punctilious puristic puritanic refined reflecting reflective scrupulous select selecting selective sensitive separative sophisticated strict subtle tactful thoughtful well-advised well-judged wise