Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 exercising or involving careful evaluations; 
- Example: "looked him over with an appraising eye"- Example: "the literary judge uses many evaluative terms"[syn: appraising(a), evaluative]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
evaluative \evaluative\ adj.
   exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations.
   Syn: analytical, appraising(prenominal).
        [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
evaluative
    adj 1: exercising or involving careful evaluations; "looked him
           over with an appraising eye"; "the literary judge uses
           many evaluative terms" [syn: appraising(a),
           evaluative]