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adumbrative

[a-duhm-bruh-tiv, ad-uhm-brey-tiv]

adjective

foreshadowing; sketchy; faintly indicative.

Origin:
1830–40; adumbrate + -ive

Related forms

ad·um·bra·tive·ly, adverb

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adumbrate (ˈædʌmˌbreɪt)

—vb
1.	to outline; give a faint indication of
2.	to foreshadow
3.	to overshadow; obscure

[C16: from Latin adumbrātus represented only in outline, from adumbrāre to cast a shadow on, from umbra shadow]

adum'bration

—n

adumbrative

—*adj*

ad'umbratively

—*adv*

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