adumbrative
[ a-duhm-bruh-tiv, ad-uhm-brey-tiv ]
adjective
serving to foreshadow; faintly indicative: The painting is adumbrative of later, more fully developed Christian imagery.
Origin of adumbrative
1Other words from adumbrative
- ad·um·bra·tive·ly, adverb
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How to use adumbrative in a sentence
We claim to stand there, as mute monuments, pathetically adumbrative of much.
The French Revolution | Thomas Carlyle
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