• Gesturelike

    Origin

    gesture + -like

    Full definition of gesturelike

    Adjective

    gesturelike

    1. Resembling or characteristic of a gesture.
      • 1988, Phillip Stambovsky, The depictive image: metaphor and literary experienceAppealing to specific instances of metaphor to illustrate meaning in a gesturelike manner only results in vacuous circularity...
      • 2005, Marc Marschark, Patricia Elizabeth Spencer, Oxford handbook of deaf studies, language, and education...DCDP children are exposed to more points and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment...
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