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ADUMBRATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adumbrative mean?
• ADUMBRATIVE (adjective)
The adjective ADUMBRATIVE has 1 sense:
1. indistinctly prophetic
Familiarity information: ADUMBRATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indistinctly prophetic
Synonyms:
adumbrative; foreshadowing; prefigurative
Similar:
prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
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