suggestive
[suh g-jes-tiv, suh-]
adjective
that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
rich in suggestions or ideas: a suggestive critical essay.
evocative; presented partially rather than in detail.
that suggests or implies something improper or indecent; risqué: suggestive remarks.
Origin of suggestive
Synonyms for suggestive
1. See expressive.
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Contemporary Examples of suggestiveness
So there was no trepidation at all about the suggestiveness of the lyrics?
Historical Examples of suggestiveness
It is full of suggestiveness, and, in its way, is as good as a cathedral.
Tanglewood TalesNathaniel Hawthorne
Can the English Gladstonians get away from the suggestiveness of this fact?
Ireland as It IsRobert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
He called her name; the ensuing silence was ghastly in its suggestiveness.
The Web of the Golden SpiderFrederick Orin Bartlett
The involutions, the suggestiveness so attractive to adult ears, he cannot hear.
Here and Now Story BookLucy Sprague Mitchell
And these have each their special religious associations and suggestiveness.
The Worship of the ChurchJacob A. Regester
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