Gestural language had, however, serious limitations, since it could not be used in the dark or at distance.
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Gestural
Synonyms for "gestural" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (3)
Adjective(2 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- gestual adj (using gestures)
French
1 entries- gestuel adj (using gestures)
German
1 entries- gestisch adj (using gestures)
Spanish
1 entries- gestual adj (using gestures)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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