appraisive

adjective

ap·​prais·​ive ə-ˈprā-ziv 

: forming an appraisal

both aesthetic and ethical discourse … are treated as primarily appraisive in their mode of signifying

—P. B. Rice

: appraising

so many harshly appraisive eyes fixed upon her

—I. S. Cobb

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