suggestive
Use Suggestive in a sentence
tɪv, sə- adjective
1.
that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
2.
rich in suggestions or ideas: a suggestive critical essay.
3.
evocative; presented partially rather than in detail.
4.
that suggests or implies something improper or indecent; risqué: suggestive remarks.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —adj (foll by of) | |
| 1. | conveying a hint (of something): this painting is suggestive of a hot summer day |
| 2. | tending to suggest something improper or indecent |
| 3. | able or liable to suggest an idea, plan, etc |
| sug'gestively | |
| —adv | |
| sug'gestiveness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
There is something wonderfully suggestive about the final anecdote in the memoir being one of your earliest memories.
We never get drunk at parties and get photographed holding beer bottles in suggestive positions.
Dressed in form-fitting jeans, knocking back a whiskey and smoking a cigarette, her mere presence is suggestive of a wider world.
But there is a consistency to the data that's suggestive.
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