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adumbrative

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ad⋅um⋅bra⋅tive

  [a-duhm-bruh-tiv, ad-uhm-brey-tiv]
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–adjective
foreshadowing; sketchy; faintly indicative.
Origin:
1830–40; adumbrate + -ive

Related forms:
ad⋅um⋅bra⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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ad·um·brate   (ād'əm-brāt', ə-dŭm'-)   
tr.v.   ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·brat·ing, ad·um·brates

  1. To give a sketchy outline of.

  2. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.

  3. To disclose partially or guardedly.

  4. To overshadow; shadow or obscure.


[Latin adumbrāre, adumbrāt-, to represent in outline : ad-, ad- + umbra, shadow.]
ad'um·bra'tion n., ad·um'bra·tive (ə-dŭm'brə-tĭv) adj., ad·um'bra·tive·ly adv.
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