constructive
adjective
[ kənˈstrʌktɪv ]
• having or intended to have a useful or beneficial purpose.
• "constructive advice"
Similar:
positive,
useful,
of use,
helpful,
encouraging,
productive,
practical,
valuable,
profitable,
worthwhile,
effective,
beneficial,
advantageous,
• not obvious or stated explicitly; derived by inference.
• "constructive liability"
• relating to, based on, or denoting mathematical proofs which show how an entity may in principle be constructed or arrived at in a finite number of steps.
Origin:
mid 17th century (in constructive (sense 2)): from late Latin constructivus, from Latin construct- ‘heap together’, from the verb construere (see construct).
