significative
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These sculptures of St. Zeno are, however, quite quiet and tame compared with those of St. Michele of Pavia, which are designed also in a somewhat gloomier mood; significative, as I think, of indigestion.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
Hence by its very name temperance is most significative of the good of reason to which it belongs to moderate and temper evil desires.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
This quarrel between Mérode and Goyon is significative.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
"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 Friedrich Spielhagen
Hence the possible number of words is extremely small, and the number of significative sounds in the Chinese language is said to be no more than 450.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
