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Meanings of suggestive in English

(Usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly.

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Tending to suggest or imply.

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Usage of suggestive in English
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They are written in the short, deadening sentences suggestive of common sense.
The Irish Times
2
Talk can be emollient, talk can be suggestive, talk can be menacing.
The Irish Times
3
The rest of the men manifested their impatience in various suggestive ways.
The Son of the Wolf
4
The subjects are simple, large, weighty; the form is compact, strong, suggestive.
Poems and Songs
5
Increasing seropositivity with age is suggestive of low-level endemic transmission in Fiji.
Pubmed
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Apart from that, the story is strongly suggestive of a religious tract.
The hero
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Here's a hint: Star Wars characters have a history of suggestive names.
Wired
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But apart from that the metaphor is a natural and suggestive one.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
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Sometimes the words of the choral refrain have a vaguely suggestive meaning:
A Study of Poetry
10
Nor was there anything in the few straightforward sentences that proved suggestive.
A Hoosier Chronicle
11
Males were more sensitive to many renal end points suggestive of toxicity.
Pubmed
12
They have nothing suggestive of the studious chamber and the midnight lamp.
The Letters of Robert Burns
13
Anything suggestive of the air was of interest to the young aviator.
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the...
14
A detailed study of the family of the eldest son is suggestive.
Jukes-Edwards: A Study in Education and Heredity
15
The patch was narrow, about six feet long-instantlysuggestive of a grave.
Spanish Doubloons
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One thing in the room was missing-butthat one thing was suggestive.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
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Suggestive across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common