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characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"
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allusory
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figurative
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figured
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flowery
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implicational
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implicative
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implicatory
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indicative
,
inferential
,
insinuating
,
insinuative
,
insinuatory
,
ironic
,
mannered
,
metaphorical
,
ornamented
,
referential
,
suggestive
,
trolatitious
,
tropological
inferential
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based on interpretation; not directly expressed
derived or capable of being derived by inference
of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"
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a fortiori
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a posteriori
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a priori
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allusive
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allusory
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analytic
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categorical
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conditional
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deductive
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dialectic
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discursive
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enthymematic
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epagogic
,
hypothetical
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implicational
,
implicative
,
implicatory
,
indicative
,
inductive
,
insinuating
,
insinuative
,
insinuatory
,
ironic
,
maieutic
,
referential
,
soritical
,
suggestive
,
syllogistic
,
synthetic
implicative
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tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement"
related words >
allusive
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allusory
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connotative
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demonstrative
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denominative
,
denotative
,
designative
,
diagnostic
,
emblematic
,
evidential
,
exhibitive
,
expressive
,
figural
,
figurative
,
identifying
,
ideographic
,
idiosyncratic
,
implicational
,
implicatory
,
indicating
,
indicative
,
indicatory
,
individual
,
inferential
,
insinuating
,
insinuative
,
insinuatory
,
ironic
,
meaningful
,
metaphorical
,
naming
,
pathognomonic
,
peculiar
,
referential
,
representative
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semantic
,
semiotic
,
signalizing
,
significant
,
significative
,
signifying
,
suggestive
,
symbolic
,
symbolistic
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symbological
,
symptomatic
,
symptomatologic
,
typical
referential
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referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential"
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allegorical
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allusive
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allusory
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associational
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connotational
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connotative
,
definable
,
denotational
,
denotative
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
figurative
,
figured
,
flowery
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
implicational
,
implicative
,
implicatory
,
indicative
,
inferential
,
insinuating
,
insinuative
,
insinuatory
,
intelligible
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
ironic
,
mannered
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
metaphorical
,
ornamented
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pithy
,
pointed
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pregnant
,
readable
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sententious
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significant
,
significative
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substantial
,
suggestive
,
symbolic
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transferred
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trolatitious
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tropological
insinuating
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related words >
adulatory
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allusive
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allusory
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bland
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blandishing
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blarneying
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buttery
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cajoling
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complimentary
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courtierly
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courtly
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deferential
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disarming
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fair-spoken
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fawning
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fine-spoken
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flattering
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fulsome
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gushing
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honey-mouthed
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honey-tongued
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honeyed
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implicational
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implicative
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implicatory
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indicative
,
inferential
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insincere
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insinuative
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insinuatory
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ironic
,
mealymouthed
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obsequious
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oily
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oily-tongued
,
referential
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saccharine
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silken
,
silky
,
slimy
,
slobbery
,
smarmy
,
smooth
,
smooth-spoken
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smooth-tongued
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soapy
,
soft-soaping
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suggestive
,
sycophantic
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unctuous
,
wheedling
ironic
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characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
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Rabelaisian
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allusive
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allusory
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amalgamated
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ambiguous
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ambivalent
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amphibious
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amphibological
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amphibolous
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antinomic
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biting
,
blended
,
caustic
,
combined
,
complex
,
composite
,
compound
,
compounded
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conglomerate
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cutting
,
cynical
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dappled
,
dry
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eclectic
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enigmatic
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equivocal
,
equivocatory
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fifty-fifty
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half-and-half
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heterogeneous
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implicational
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implicative
,
implicatory
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incisive
,
indicative
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indiscriminate
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inferential
,
insinuating
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insinuative
,
insinuatory
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intricate
,
jumbled
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many-sided
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medley
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mingled
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miscellaneous
,
mixed
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mordant
,
motley
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multifaceted
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multinational
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multiracial
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multivocal
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mysterious
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obscure
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oxymoronic
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paradoxical
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patchy
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pluralistic
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polysemantic
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polysemous
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promiscuous
,
referential
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sarcastic
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sardonic
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satiric
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scathing
,
scrambled
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self-contradictory
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suggestive
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syncretic
,
thrown together
,
trenchant
,
uncertain
,
varied
,
wry
suggestive
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absolute
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adducible
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admissible
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allegorical
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allusive
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allusory
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associational
,
attestative
,
attestive
,
authentic
,
based on
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bawdy
,
blue
,
broad
,
certain
,
circumstantial
,
conclusive
,
connotational
,
connotative
,
convincing
,
cumulative
,
damning
,
decisive
,
definable
,
demonstrative
,
denominative
,
denotational
,
denotative
,
designative
,
determinative
,
diagnostic
,
dirty
,
documentary
,
documented
,
earthy
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emblematic
,
erotic
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evidential
,
evidentiary
,
evocative
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ex parte
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exhibitive
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
eye-witness
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factual
,
figural
,
figurative
,
final
,
firsthand
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founded on
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
graphic
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grounded on
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hearsay
,
identifying
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ideographic
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idiosyncratic
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imaginative
,
immodest
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implicational
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implicative
,
implicatory
,
implicit
,
improper
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in retrospect
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incontrovertible
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indecent
,
indelicate
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indicating
,
indicative
,
indicatory
,
indisputable
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individual
,
inferential
,
insinuating
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insinuative
,
insinuatory
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intelligible
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
ironic
,
irrefutable
,
irresistible
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lewd
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lusty
,
material
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
memoried
,
metaphorical
,
mindful
,
mnemonic
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naming
,
naughty
,
nuncupative
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off color
,
off-color
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offensive
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overwhelming
,
pathognomonic
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peculiar
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pithy
,
pointed
,
pornographic
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pregnant
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presumptive
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probative
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provocative
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prurient
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purple
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racy
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raunchy
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readable
,
redolent
,
referential
,
reliable
,
remindful
,
reminiscent
,
representative
,
retentive
,
retrospective
,
ribald
,
risky
,
risque
,
rude
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salacious
,
salty
,
scabrous
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semantic
,
semiotic
,
sententious
,
sexy
,
shady
,
signalizing
,
significant
,
significative
,
signifying
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smutty
,
spicy
,
substantial
,
suggestive of
,
sure
,
symbolic
,
symbolistic
,
symbological
,
symptomatic
,
symptomatologic
,
telling
,
transferred
,
typical
,
unseemly
,
valid
,
vivid
,
vulgar
,
weighty
,
wicked
indicative
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(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear"
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements; "indicative mood"
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Christophanic
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Satanophanic
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absolute
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adducible
,
admissible
,
allegorical
,
allusive
,
allusory
,
angelophanic
,
appearing
,
associational
,
attestative
,
attestive
,
augural
,
authentic
,
based on
,
certain
,
characteristic
,
circumstantial
,
conclusive
,
conditional
,
connotational
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connotative
,
convincing
,
cumulative
,
damning
,
decisive
,
definable
,
demonstrating
,
demonstrative
,
denominative
,
denotational
,
denotative
,
designative
,
determinative
,
diagnostic
,
disclosive
,
displaying
,
documentary
,
documented
,
emblematic
,
epiphanic
,
evidential
,
evidentiary
,
evincive
,
ex parte
,
exhibitive
,
expositional
,
expository
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
eye-witness
,
factual
,
figural
,
figurative
,
final
,
firsthand
,
forerunning
,
foreshadowing
,
foreshowing
,
foretokening
,
forewarning
,
founded on
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
grounded on
,
hearsay
,
heavy with meaning
,
identifying
,
ideographic
,
idiosyncratic
,
imperative
,
implicational
,
implicative
,
implicatory
,
implicit
,
incarnating
,
incarnational
,
incontrovertible
,
indicating
,
indicatory
,
indisputable
,
individual
,
inferential
,
insinuating
,
insinuative
,
insinuatory
,
intelligible
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
intuitive
,
ironic
,
irrefutable
,
irresistible
,
jussive
,
manifestative
,
material
,
materializing
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
metaphorical
,
mode
,
monitory
,
mood
,
naming
,
nuncupative
,
obligative
,
optative
,
overwhelming
,
pathognomonic
,
peculiar
,
permissive
,
pithy
,
pneumatophanic
,
pointed
,
potential
,
precursive
,
precursory
,
predictive
,
prefigurative
,
pregnant
,
preindicative
,
premonitory
,
presageful
,
presaging
,
presentational
,
presumptive
,
probative
,
prognostic
,
prognosticative
,
promulgatory
,
readable
,
referential
,
reliable
,
representative
,
revelational
,
revelatory
,
semantic
,
semiotic
,
sententious
,
showing
,
signalizing
,
significant
,
significative
,
signifying
,
subjunctive
,
substantial
,
suggestive
,
sure
,
symbolic
,
symbolistic
,
symbological
,
symptomatic
,
symptomatologic
,
telling
,
theophanic
,
transferred
,
typical
,
valid
,
warning
,
weighty
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