a. rare. [f. L. exact-us (see EXACT v.) + -IVE.] Disposed to exact or be exacting. Const. of. Hence Exactiveness, the quality of being exactive.
1822. ‘P. Beauchamp’ (Geo. Grote), Anal. Infl. Nat. Relig., 15. Personal affections … almost always frivolous and exactive.
1868. W. Hanna, Ministry in Galilee, 216. It is not that I am selfishly exactive of affection.
1628. Le Grys, trans. Barclay’s Argenis, 250. It was … an exactiuenesse of vertue, that had made him carry himselfe with such modesty.
