| a dash one em long. |
| diamond |
demonstrative (dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv) ![]() | |
| —adj (foll by of) | |
| 1. | tending to manifest or express one's feelings easily or unreservedly |
| 2. | serving as proof; indicative |
| 3. | involving or characterized by demonstration: a demonstrative lecture |
| 4. | conclusive; indubitable: demonstrative arguments |
| 5. | grammar interrogative Compare relative denoting or belonging to a class of determiners used to point out the individual referent or referents intended, such as this, that, these, and those |
| —n | |
| 6. | grammar a demonstrative word or construction |
| de'monstratively | |
| —adv | |
| de'monstrativeness | |
| —n | |