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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of, relating to, using, or accompanied by gesticulation; tending to gesticulate..
[…] Mr. Hargrave related, with much humour, the tragic-comic scene which had been performed in his ball the preceding night, declaring, that though he could not but laugh at the recollection of poor M. Bertrand’s gesticulative despair, it had really affected him very differently at the time, and that, all jesting apart, he was very sorry for him.
[…] the two younger actors, their heads in juxtaposition, were already murmurous with subdued chords of song, which old Joe seemed desirous of smothering under a gesticulative oratory,
There is an old, not specially funny vaudeville act in which the whole troupe builds up and burlesques a dramatic situation simply by different vocal and gesticulative colorations of the word ‘you.’
He was a prickly, gesticulative, arrogant man, full of acidulous wit […]
Use gesticulative when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gesticulative means Of, relating to, using, or accompanied by gesticulation; tending to gesticulate..
Common synonyms include gesticulatory.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] Mr. Hargrave related, with much humour, the tragic-comic scene which had been performed in his ball the preceding night, declaring, that though he could not but laugh at the recollection of poor M. Bertrand’s gesticulative despair, it had really affected him very differently at the time, and that, all jesting apart, he was very sorry for him.
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