gestural

[jes-cher-uhl]

adjective

1. relating to, expressed in, using, or made up of gestures, especially of the hands and arms, head, or upper body.

2. (of an act) merely symbolic or done for effect; being merely a token or formality.

3. Art.,  relating to a painting style that emphasizes the physical movement of the artist, characterized by sweeping, energetic brush strokes or by smearing, splashing, etc., rather than small, careful strokes.

Example Sentences

There were movement consultants for a few gestural beats in other renditions, but having choreographers from day one of this process has been incredible.

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It’s a distillation of the movement and gestural material seen throughout the work, its “vocabulary,” Liska said.

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We understood each other perfectly - with a gestural language that obviously predates human speech.”

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Moon’s confident performance — smoky voice, headstrong attitude, gestural dance moves — has caught the attention of critics.

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Spam is a very funny crack that reduces “meaty painting,” high praise for the gestural muscularity recently demanded of Abstract Expressionist art, to a commercially processed product.

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