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Webster 1913 Edition
Suggestive
Sug-gest′ive
,Adj.
Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.
– Sug-gest′ive-ly
, adv.
Sug-gest′ive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suggestive
SUGGEST'IVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
suggestive
suggestive
English
Adjective
suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)
- Tending to suggest or imply.
- The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
- Suggesting romance, sex, etc.
- She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile.
Translations
tending to suggest
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suggesting romance, sex etc.
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