conducive

[ kuh n-doo-siv, -dyoo- ]

/ kənˈdu sɪv, -ˈdyu- /

tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.

Origin of conducive

First recorded in 1640–50; conduce + -ive

con·du·cive·ness, noun non·con·du·cive, adjective non·con·du·cive·ness, noun un·con·du·cive, adjective

un·con·du·cive·ly, adverb un·con·du·cive·ness, noun

The conduciveness of my habits to longevity may be seen in this.

Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) |George Jacob Holyoake
There was no original desire of it, or motive to it, save its conduciveness to pleasure, and especially to protection from pain.

Utilitarianism |John Stuart Mill
Conduciveness to Progress, thus understood, includes the whole excellence of a government.

Considerations on Representative Government |John Stuart Mill
In England also, its conduciveness to professional excellence might be hard to prove.

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 |Henry Hallam

Now, the excellence of all rules depends on their conduciveness to the object they have in view.

Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics |William Thomas Thornton

conducive

/ (kənˈdjuːsɪv) /

(when postpositive, foll by to) contributing, leading, or tending

conduciveness, noun