Gesturelike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a gesture.

    "Appealing to specific instances of metaphor to illustrate meaning in a gesturelike manner only results in vacuous circularity […]"

Example

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"Appealing to specific instances of metaphor to illustrate meaning in a gesturelike manner only results in vacuous circularity […]"

Etymology

From gesture + -like.

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