responsive

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

adj

  1. answering, replying or responding
  2. able to receive and respond to external stimuli
  3. using antiphons; antiphonal
  4. susceptible to the feelings of others
  5. (graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space
    Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design. 2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise
  6. (obsolete) suited to something else; correspondent
  7. (obsolete) responsible
    he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old

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