What does "demonstrative" mean?
Demonstrative: Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
Additional senses
- 2.Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." Blair. Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.
- 3.A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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