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Definition of Suggestive
1. Adjective. Tending to suggest or imply. "An implicative statement"
2. Adjective. (usually followed by 'of') pointing out or revealing clearly. "Actions indicative of fear"
Similar to: Revealing
Derivative terms: Indicate, Indicate, Indicate, Suggest
3. Adjective. Tending to suggest something improper or indecent. "Suggestive poses"
Definition of Suggestive
1. a. Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.
Definition of Suggestive
1. Adjective. Tending to suggest or imply. ¹
2. Adjective. Suggesting romance, sex, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suggestive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suggestive
Literary usage of Suggestive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1900)
"suggestive AND CRITICAL NOTES When, in the early times, the curtain was drawn
aside for the first performance of The Merchant of Venice, the "groundlings ..."
2. Mind (1902)
"Above all, it is serene and hopeful, and from beginning to end is suggestive of
Cloth and Gold, $1.25, Post-paid. Issued and for sale by THE ALLIANCE ..."
3. The Teaching of Civics by Mabel Hill (1914)
"THE FUNCTION OF THE suggestive LESSONS PRESENTED THE aim of this manual is to
... The suggestive lessons are meant to create an intelligent interest in the ..."
4. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"suggestive QUESTIONS. The following list of questions is given to show something
of the kind of information with which the student should be furnished. ..."
5. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1905)
"SYMPTOMS suggestive OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS. tissues; dead bone could not be felt
with a probe, nor was any noticeable in the discharge. ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"F./ÍI and-me Street PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA A suggestive LIST OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
FOR A SMALL LIBRARY COMPILED BY HELEN THERESA KENNEDY 483 titles for ..."
7. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(a) General Symptoms suggestive of Intracranial Growths The general symptoms of
intracranial growth include: 1. Choked disk (90 per cent of cases). 2. ..."
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