indicial
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or resembling an indication; indicative.
behavior indicial of a personality disorder.
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of, relating to, or resembling an index or an index finger.
Other Word Forms
- indicially adverb
Etymology
Origin of indicial
Example Sentences
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David Wojnarowicz was indicial of the East Village temperament: a damaged, radical contrarian whose work nevertheless manifested an achingly open and optimistic sensibility, as is evidenced by the current retrospective at the Whitney, David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night.
From Slate
"Certainly," said the ready doctor; "and paradoxicality is an indicial characteristic of truth in all matters beyond the comprehension of the vulgar."
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