significative

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And the less musical but wonderfully significative fourth, stanza— Plagas sicut Thomas non intueor, Deum tamen meum te confiteor, Fac me tibi semper magis credere, In te spem habere, te diligere.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The Smiths, Bakers, and Hunters of Occidental society are not a whit more significative than are many prominent names of the Orient.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

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

That the men sheltered behind the waggons have not “gone under” at the first onslaught is significative of their character.

From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne