adumbrative
[a-duhm-bruh-tiv, ad-uhm-brey-tiv]
/ æˈdʌm brə tɪv, ˈæd əmˌbreɪ tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
representative
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Like the somber Hawthorne's, his style is brooding, adumbrative, rather than incisive or brilliant, and it often limps among the facts of his story like a man in pain.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Canby, Henry Seidel
