gestural
adj 2
Collocations
3GESTURAL + NOUN
airy, language
PREP.
with
ADV.
largely
Definitions
adj
1
Of, pertaining to, or using gestures.
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
Relating to gesturalism.
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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.
Wiktionary02
Gestural language had, however, serious limitations, since it could not be used in the dark or at distance.
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