gestural

English

Etymology

From gesture +‎ -al.

Adjective

gestural

1. Of, pertaining to, or using gestures.
   • 2019 April 12, Annalisa Quinn, “The Small Rebellions of Sally Rooney’s Normal People”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance.

2. (art) Relating to gesturalism.

Derived terms

• nongestural

Related terms

• gesticulate
• gesticulation
• gesticulative
• gesture

Translations

using gestures

• German: gestisch

Anagrams

• gaulters, stegural, tragules