formatively
In shaping years
In a way that shapes development or character.
Formative describes experiences that influence who someone becomes, so formatively describes how those influences operate: The years spent abroad affected her formatively, His childhood formatively shaped his worldview.
The word appears mainly in academic or reflective contexts.
Giving something its form
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- foundationalServing as a base
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- structuringImposing systematic order
emergent · nascent · budding · fledgling · incipient · embryonic · inchoate · groundwork
Giving something its form
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- guidingLeading toward destination
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
impacting · affecting · determining · inspiring · instilling · cultivating · socializing · imprinting
Related to growth stages
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- evolutionaryPertaining to gradual biological change
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- cultivatingDeliberately developing or tending
nurturing · fostering · ripening · blooming · unfolding · advancing · enriching · expanding
Intended to educate
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
- didacticIntended to instruct
- scholasticRelating to formal learning
- academicRelating to education or theory
mentoring · tutoring · teaching · schooling · apprenticeship · training · enlightening · informative
Formed from deposited material
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- igneousFormed from cooled magma
metamorphic · deposition · mineralization · erosion · layering · accretion · solidification · compression
shaping
Giving something its form
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- foundationalServing as a base
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
structuring · emergent · nascent · budding · fledgling · incipient · embryonic · inchoate · groundwork · genesis
shaping
Giving something its form
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- guidingLeading toward destination
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
nurturing · impacting · affecting · determining · inspiring · instilling · cultivating · socializing · imprinting · steering
developmental
Related to growth stages
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- evolutionaryPertaining to gradual biological change
- flourishingProspering vigorously
cultivating · nurturing · fostering · ripening · blooming · unfolding · advancing · enriching · expanding · thriving
instructional
Intended to educate
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
- didacticIntended to instruct
- scholasticRelating to formal learning
academic · mentoring · tutoring · teaching · schooling · apprenticeship · training · enlightening · informative · developmental
sedimentary
Formed from deposited material
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
igneous · metamorphic · deposition · mineralization · erosion · layering · accretion · solidification · compression · volcanic
formativelysuperficially
At surface level only
inconsequentially · shallowly · negligibly · insignificantly · trivially
formativelydestructively
In a damaging manner
damagingly · corrosively · harmfully · degradingly · corruptingly
- formative yearsChildhood and adolescence
- formative experiencesEvents shaping later development
- formative assessmentOngoing measure of student grasp
formative, reformative, transformative, informatively, misinformative, deformative