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demonstrative

adjective as in conclusive

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Example Sentences

Grown-up giraffes just aren’t huggy, cuddling, demonstrative animals.

There is something about a clown that stays with people: the bright colors, their tendency to be demonstrative.

A decade ago, Junger says, he would not have departed from a strict journalistic style to be demonstrative about himself.

Walking with arms encircling waists, or such demonstrative tokens of love, are marks of low breeding.

But perhaps you are a chemist, and proud, as most chemists are, of the accuracy attainable in that most demonstrative science.

A cold reserve on Frederick's part had succeeded the demonstrative affection that had formerly existed between mother and son.

Asused here in its demonstrative meaning, to introduce a parenthetical clause.

She was preternaturally animated and demonstrative at the station—your sex's little guileful way ever since the world began.

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On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to demonstrative, such as: candid, effusive, outspoken, frank, indicative, and open.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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