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gesturelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From gesture + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a gesture.
   • 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:
   • […] 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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