indicative

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Her face was screwed into an expression indicative of excruciating inner torment.

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  1. adjective Serving to indicate: symptoms indicative of anemia; an insignia indicative of high rank.
  2. adjective Grammar Of, relating to, or being the mood of the verb used in ordinary objective statements.
  3. noun Grammar The indicative mood.

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  • This is only indicative, as it could be different this year.
  • "This poll is not indicative, and doesn't reflect public opinion" —  Drobe Launchpad News
  • As clients evaluate their budgets, a noted Wall Street analyst predicts total dollars for the Big Four networks in the upfront market will drop 15\% this spring -- indicative of a buyers 'market.
  • At first no one had thought it in the least strange that Anna stayed on with her, but now, occasionally, someone said a word indicative of surprise that there should be a German woman living in Witanbury Close But what were these foolish, ignorant criticisms but tiny pin-pricks compared with the hidden wound in her heart? —  Good Old Anna
  • A shout and an expression indicative of astonishment escaped from the singer, who stood, like one transfixed, gazing at Paul. —  Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy
 

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  1. = French indicatif = Provencal indicatiu = Spanish Portuguese Italian indicativo = German indicativ, from Late Latin indicativus, serving to point out, from Latin indicare, past participle indicatus, point out.
 

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/ɪnˈdɪkətɪv/
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