adumbrative
[ a-duhm-bruh-tiv, ad-uhm-brey-tiv ]
/ æˈdʌm brə tɪv, ˈæd əmˌbreɪ tɪv /
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adjective
serving to foreshadow; faintly indicative: The painting is adumbrative of later, more fully developed Christian imagery.
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OTHER WORDS FROM adumbrative
ad·um·bra·tive·ly, adverbWords nearby adumbrative
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Example sentences from the Web for adumbrative
We claim to stand there, as mute monuments, pathetically adumbrative of much.
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle