Gestural

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or using gestures.

    "One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance."

  2. 2
    Relating to gesturalism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    being other than verbal communication wordnet
  2. 2
    used of the language of the deaf wordnet

Synonyms

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nonverbalnonverbalsignsign languagesign-languagesigned

Example

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"Gestural language had, however, serious limitations, since it could not be used in the dark or at distance."

Etymology

From gesture + -al.

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