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Meanings of very demonstrative in English

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Usage of very demonstrative in English
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He is very demonstrative, and acts as if I belonged to him.
What Can She Do?
2
We're friends, I suppose, but we've never been very demonstrative.
Paths not taken
3
Suzie's never been very demonstrative, except when she's shooting people.
A Hard Day’s Knight
4
The stores are closed, the church-going is very demonstrative, and the pleasure-seeking is very unobtrusive.
The Hawaiian Archipelago
5
If Nevil Sinclair was not a stern father, neither was he a very demonstrative one.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
6
A man can't be very demonstrative about those things-notif he is a real man.
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
7
Up to that time, the Rebels of St. Louis and their sympathizers had been very demonstrative.
The Abolitionists / Together With Personal Memories Of The Strug...
8
People were not very demonstrative in those days, and their affection spoke oftener in deeds than words.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
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Quite alone, at the foot of the pulpit, was mother Brichet, praying in a very demonstrative fashion.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
10
In the first days of their engagement, Carlisle had observed that Hugo was " very demonstrative."
V. V.'s Eyes
11
We are not a very demonstrative people.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
12
The meeting, as usual, was very demonstrative.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
13
White Fang had never been very demonstrative.
White Fang
14
King; and yet this favoritism was never very demonstrative, but perhaps the stronger and more permanent for this.
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
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He could scarcely be expected to be very demonstrative and lover-like under the fire of that observant eyeglass.
Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
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Besides that he did not generally show himself very demonstrative in public, he was sad and anxious at heart.
Led Astray and The Sphinx / Two Novellas In One Volume
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