indicatory

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But how could the various kinds of fluid, for instance, be represented in these indicatory pictures?

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

Adj. showing &c. v.; indicative, indicatory; deducible &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

She took them mechanically and began to draw them on... the cryptic sign of the cleaner on the wrist hem was now to her indicatory of her submerged estate.

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

She stood very still, her face in a glow of shy joy, but her eyes and even her lips grave and quiet; except when sometimes a very tiny indicatory smile broke half way upon them.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

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

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