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Webster 1913 Edition


Suggestive

Sug-gest′ive

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Adj.
Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.
Sug-gest′ive-ly
,
adv.
Sug-gest′ive-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Suggestive

SUGGEST'IVE

,
Adj.
Containing a hint or intimation.

Definition 2024


suggestive

suggestive

English

Adjective

suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)

  1. 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.
  2. Suggesting romance, sex, etc.
    She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile.

Translations


Italian

Adjective

suggestive

  1. Feminine plural form of suggestivo