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demonstrative

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de·mon·stra·tive  (d-mnstr-tv)
adj.
1. Serving to manifest or prove.
2. Involving or characterized by demonstration.
3. Given to or marked by the open expression of emotion: an affectionate and demonstrative family.
4. Grammar Specifying or singling out the person or thing referred to: the demonstrative pronouns these and that.
n. Grammar
A demonstrative pronoun or adjective.

de·monstra·tive·ly adv.
de·monstra·tive·ness n.

demonstrative
Adjective
1. tending to show one's feelings freely and openly
2. Grammar denoting a word used to point out the person or thing referred to, such as this and those
3. demonstrative of giving proof of
demonstratively adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.demonstrative - a pronoun that points out an intended referent
pronoun - a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
Adj.1.demonstrative - given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family"
unreserved - not cautious or reticent; "unreserved behavior"
undemonstrative - not given to open expression of emotion
2.demonstrative - serving to demonstrate
instructive, informative - serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
Translations
demonstrative [dɪˈmɔnstrətɪv] adj [person] → expresivo;
(LING) → demostrativo
demonstrative [dɪˈmɔnstrətɪv] adjdémonstratif/ive
demonstrative [dɪˈmɔnstrətɪv] demonstrate adjdemonstrativ
demonstrative [dɪˈmɔnstrətɪv] adjdimostrativo/a


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The women simply frightened them, as being, even more than the men, demonstrative and excessive in their fine looks, their fine dresses, their extravagant demand for excitement.
Aunt Jane, never demonstrative, cried with Rebecca as she attempted to soothe her.
A moment after I heard the click of the gate-latch and then in an ecstasy of barking from his demonstrative dog his serious head went past my window on the other side of the hedge, its troubled gaze fixed forward, and the mind inside obviously employed in earnest speculation of an intricate nature.
 
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