Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Characterized by or accompanied with gesticulations.

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  • adjective Of, relating to, or using gesticulation.

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Examples

  • During live takes of the scene, Mr. Love couldn't quite get his gesticulative timing down.

    DL III Is Ready for His Closeup John Paul Newport 2011

  • But the good man had his idea, and even when he was alone the name of Mr. Archer fell from his lips continually in the course of mumbled and gesticulative conversation.

    Lay Morals 2005

  • He zoomed in on the main attraction, and was momentarily surprised to see that she was effectively zooming in on him, her gesticulative, including-everybody delivery suspended for a second as she stared with consternation at the giant blond geek with the camera.

    Not the End of the World Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1998

  • Smyrna fund; then, saluted by the gesticulative, silent applause of St. - Ange and the schooner-men, he resumed his first attitude behind his roaring master.

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • There were many Jews, stout ladies in tight satin dresses and diamonds, little corpulent men with a gesticulative manner.

    Of Human Bondage 1919

  • In the center of the platform there remained one group, consisting of Miss Pratt and five orators, and of the orators the most impassioned and gesticulative was William.

    Seventeen 1915

  • Jews, stout ladies in tight satin dresses and diamonds, little corpulent men with a gesticulative manner.

    Of Human Bondage 1915

  • In the center of the platform there remained one group, consisting of Miss Pratt and five orators, and of the orators the most impassioned and gesticulative was William.

    Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William Booth Tarkington 1907

  • Speranza, white-faced and furiously gesticulative, commanded the astonished bellboy to put that "Bah! pig-idiot!" out into the hall and air the room immediately afterward.

    The Portygee Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • The driver awoke with a start from profound reverie, looked Kirkwood over, and bowed with gesticulative palms.

    The Black Bag Louis Joseph Vance 1906

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