evocative
Use Evocative in a sentence
ə adjective
tending to evoke: The perfume was evocative of spring.
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| —adj | |
| tending or serving to evoke | |
| evocatively | |
| —adv | |
| evocativeness | |
| —n | |
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Evocative
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Example sentences
The power of exterior spaces and their ability to be evocative and transport is fascinating to him.
It's a beautiful phrase, evocative of an ideal to which anyone would want to aspire.
Most evocative for me is the five-minute time limit.
Now the town is deserted, its buildings abandoned to the wind-though day-trippers stop by to see the evocative ruins.
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