Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Serving to show or make known; showing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.

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  • adjective That indicates, signifies or implies

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

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Examples

  • It is a pretty clear indicatory on how unreliable they are.

    Poll shows Clinton has better shot of beating McCain 2008

  • But when you're going to war, it is particularly troubling when you use that kind of mentality and you don't speak about the truth of the situation as best as you know them, including the indicatory intelligence, including the caveats and qualifications and including the consequences, the risk and the cost of going to war.

    CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2008 2008

  • It is true, these are all good news, but they are not equal or even in their indicatory or predicative value.

    David Ehrenstein Claims "We're Even" In Gay Marriage Fight Ron Buckmire 2006

  • It is true, these are all good news, but they are not equal or even in their indicatory or predicative value.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Ron Buckmire 2006

  • Within a week from the 10th of August, the denizens of the municipality had searched the rooms for any relics which might be discovered there indicatory of a feeling inimical to the

    La Vend�e 2004

  • A significant look was exchanged between the devotees, but no words; the friar departed, and the nun, still silent, conducted her through many solitary passages, where not even a distant foot-fall echoed, and whose walls were roughly painted with subjects indicatory of the severe superstitions of the place, tending to inspire melancholy awe.

    The Italian 2004

  • To his astonishment, Waldemar noted that his friend's indicatory finger shook a little.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • To his astonishment, Waldemar noted that his friend's indicatory finger shook a little.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • "But," said Marion, "is not the aspect of these peculiarities indicatory of either a natural event or one designed by a human intelligence?"

    The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post

  • "Then," I continued, "perhaps you have found a prince of the church, pale as alabaster, sitting in his red robe, who put together the indicatory evidence of the crime that baffled you with such uncanny acumen that you stood aghast at his perspicacity?"

    The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post

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