evaluative — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event.

   Examples

   The college's position has always been that the opinion of students and colleagues was an important part of the evaluative process leading to tenure decisions.

2. Judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation.

Adjective

1. exercising or involving careful evaluations

   Synonyms

   appraising

   Examples

   looked him over with an appraising eye

   the literary judge uses many evaluative terms