gesturelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a gesture.

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Meanings

adjectivegesturelike (comparative more gesturelike, superlative most gesturelike)

comparative more gesturelike · superlative most gesturelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gesture.

    […] DCDP children are exposed to more points and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment […]

    2005, Marc Marschark, Patricia Elizabeth Spencer, Oxford handbook of deaf studies, language, and education
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    Appealing to specific instances of metaphor to illustrate meaning in a gesturelike manner only results in vacuous circularity […]

    1988, Phillip Stambovsky, The depictive image: metaphor and literary experience

Origin

From gesture + -like.

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APA

gesturelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gesturelike

MLA

“gesturelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gesturelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gesturelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gesturelike.

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