significative

Example Sentences

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He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.

From The Allen House by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

"I have it from very good authority," replied Cloten, with a significative wink of the eye towards that part of the room where Emily was standing in conversation with Helen.

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich

None agree, however, as to the significative meaning of the name Asshur.

From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Le Plongeon, Augustus

To which the Count replied, by the word Speranza, accompanied by a clasp of the hand and a significative glance.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

These ceremonies used in the cleansing of a leper, were mysterious and very significative.

From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision by