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   demonstrative

   /dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) unrestrained in showing feelings, especially those of affection: "we were a very physically demonstrative family" Similar expressiveopenforthcomingemotionalcommunicativeresponsiveunreservedunrestrainedeffusiveexpansivegushingaffectionatecuddlylovingwarmfriendlyapproachableinformal:touchy-feelylovey-doveyOpposite undemonstrativereserved
   • 2. serving as conclusive evidence of something: "demonstrative evidence" Similar indicativeindicatorysuggestiveillustrativeevinciveexpositoryconvincingdefinitepositivetellingconclusivecertaindecisivematerialairtightwatertightincontrovertibleincontestableirrefutableunquestionableundeniableindisputableunassailableOpposite inconclusive
   • ▪ involving demonstration, especially by scientific means: "the possibility of a demonstrative science of ethics"
   • 3. (of a determiner or pronoun) indicating the person or thing referred to (e.g. this, that, those).

   noun

   • 1. a demonstrative determiner or pronoun.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘serving as conclusive evidence of’ and ‘making manifest’): from Old French demonstratif, -ive, from Latin demonstrativus, from demonstrare ‘point out’ (see demonstrate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. demonstratively adverb
   • 2. demonstrativeness noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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