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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of or relating to a gesticulation; accompanied by gesticulation..
a gesticulatory movement
On this theme Klesmer’s eloquence, gesticulatory and other, went on for a little while like stray fireworks accidentally ignited, and then sank into immovable silence.
The skinny fellow, with gesticulatory accompaniment, shouted out a long-winded piece about the Chinese people versus American Imperialism.
This mishap has hardly interrupted her animated gesticulatory discourse on the estate she’d visited the week before […]
The French loungers are gesticulatory, and shoulders, arms, fingers, eyes and eyebrows help out the tongue's rapid utterance; but they are never rude or boisterous.
There were vast surging crowds in the Rue de Rivoli, and much bunting, and soldiers and gesticulatory policemen.
Aziz Akkaya, the wildly gesticulatory Besiktas coach, was sufficiently outraged that he earned a second technical foul, the home fans booing and baying as they waved him out of the arena.
Use gesticulatory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gesticulatory means Of or relating to a gesticulation; accompanied by gesticulation..
Common synonyms include gesticulative.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a gesticulatory movement
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