Literary notes about Receptive (AI summary)
The term “receptive” in literature is used to convey a state of openness and sensitivity, whether referring to a mind eager to absorb new ideas or a condition enabling a physical process. Authors describe characters with receptive minds—those who gather thoughts and impressions effortlessly, remaining ready to engage with life’s myriad influences ([1],[2],[3])—as possessing a naturally open disposition. At the same time, the word is employed in scientific or botanical contexts to indicate a stage of readiness, such as when flowers are optimally prepared for pollination or when specific conditions favor certain interactions ([4],[5],[6]). In both human and natural settings, “receptive” characterizes a quality that underscores the potential for growth, interaction, and transformation ([7],[8],[9]).
- What was passing in that receptive childlike soul that so eagerly caught and assimilated all the diverse impressions of life?
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - Her mind was fresh; she was intelligent, and receptive of new ideas.
— from The Broom-Squire by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould - Tess was so receptive that the few minutes of contact with the whirl of material progress lingered in her thought.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy - Varieties above the dividing line are shedding pollen at the time varieties in the same column below the line are receptive.
— from Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting - The pistillate flowers appeared to be either receptive or slightly past at this stage.
— from Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting - Sometimes pollen shedding is over before pistils are receptive.
— from Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting - He listened eagerly, with receptive ears, lying on his back and looking up and joying in each movement of her lips as she talked.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - Then faith comes in, which means that the soul is in a receptive attitude....
— from The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights by William Hallock Johnson - Therefore, after he had gone to the vicarage and asked for her, she remained for some days held in this one spell, open, receptive to him, before him.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
