a. [ F. imaginatif. ] 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. [ 1913 Webster ]
In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. Mure. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. [ 1913 Webster ]
Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.
-- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly, adv. -- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]