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
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
This time his protestations, on seeing that the farmer was not moved by the reduction and offered him a beggarly two dollars more, were even livelier and more gesticulatory than before.
From The Cabin [La barraca] by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
The person referred to as the governor, Paganetti by name, was an energetic, gesticulatory little man, tiresome to watch, his face assumed so many different expressions in a minute.
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by George Burnham Ives
Then he would receive it with elaborate delicacy of touch, unfold the creased sheet with a score of varied little flourishes, and restore the volume with a whole fresh series of gesticulatory airs and graces.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
