gesticulate
verb (used without object)
to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
gesticulatory
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a word derived from
gesticulate.
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a word derived from
gesticulation.
Example Sentences
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Minhaj stands for the entirety of Patriot Act, and his delivery is almost wildly gesticulatory, giving the series a loose but emphatic energy.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2018
In October the term began again, the pupils came back, new pupils were admitted, Monsieur Héger was more gesticulatory, vehement, commanding than usual, and Madame, in her quiet way, was no less occupied.
From Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
The captain had a superstitious fear of his hold: he became wildly gesticulatory and expository and incompetent at the bare thought of it.
From Tono Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
B. About that I am indifferent, if it be only quiet and not gesticulatory.
From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst
On this theme Klesmer's eloquence, gesticulatory and other, went on for a little while like stray fireworks accidentally ignited, and then sank into immovable silence.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
