SUGGESTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suggestive mean? 

• SUGGESTIVE (adjective)
  The adjective SUGGESTIVE has 3 senses:

1. tending to suggest or imply

2. (usually followed by 'of') pointing out or revealing clearly

3. tending to suggest something improper or indecent

  Familiarity information: SUGGESTIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUGGESTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to suggest or imply

Synonyms:

implicative; suggestive

Context example:

an implicative statement

Similar:

connotative (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)

Derivation:

suggest (imply as a possibility)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(usually followed by 'of') pointing out or revealing clearly

Synonyms:

indicative; indicatory; revelatory; significative; suggestive

Context example:

actions indicative of fear

Similar:

revealing (showing or making known)

Derivation:

suggest (imply as a possibility)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Tending to suggest something improper or indecent

Context example:

suggestive poses

Similar:

indecent (offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters)

 Context examples 

Only one little item in another of the morning papers, but it is a suggestive one.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads III, aVF and often II, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the inferior wall of the left ventricle.

(Inferior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

But there are curious and suggestive details about the case, Watson.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Do you not now observe something very suggestive about it?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is characterized by tumor cells with characteristics suggestive of an astrocytic origin (positive for GFAP), arranged perivascularly.

(Astroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V5, V6, I and aVL, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the lateral wall of the left ventricle.

(Lateral Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Each fact is suggestive in itself.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An adenoma of the adrenal cortex characterized by the absence of a hormonal syndrome or symptoms suggestive of adrenal disease.

(Non-Functioning Adrenal Cortex Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The picture you have just drawn is suggestive of a rather too overwhelming contrast.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V3 and V4, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the anterior wall of the left ventricle.

(Anterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)