gestural
adjective
ges·tur·al
| \ ˈjes-chə-rəl
, ˈjesh-\
, ˈjesh-\
Definition of gestural
1
: of, relating to, or consisting of gestures
2
: of, relating to, or characterized by vigorous application of paint and expressive brushwork
gestural expressionism
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Other Words from gestural
gesturally
\ ˈjes-chə-rə-lē
, ˈjesh- \
adverb
, ˈjesh- \
adverb
Examples of gestural in a Sentence
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DeFeo typically clusters her gestural geometry within larger fields of color, although texture dominates these bracing works. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Jay DeFeo show offers a provocative sketch of a California artist finding her voice," 17 Aug. 2019 The most popular emojis tend to be gestural: faces, hearts, and hands. — Sophie Haigney, The New Yorker, "Should There Be an Emoji for Everything?," 22 July 2019 However exquisite their design, gestural interfaces like that on the iPhone X are hardly natural or neutral. — Vanessa Chang, WIRED, "How Phone Taps and Swipes Train Us to Be Better Consumers," 10 July 2019 These festivities of radiant spectacle, with their themed tableaux and gestural high fashion, played out against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis, which claimed Pray Tell’s partner as an early victim. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "Pose Lets In the Light," 12 June 2019 Only two Bournonville excerpts shone with a singularity that revealed the personable warmth and gestural ease long associated with the company’s dancers. — Robert Greskovic, WSJ, "A Mixed Bill With Varied Results," 22 June 2018 The work is a massive embodiment of roiling gestural energy. — Julia Couzens, sacbee, "A witty and deep showcase of Jewish artists' contributions to California art history | The Sacramento Bee," 6 Apr. 2018 The pose and the placement of the hands expresses a gestural sense of the subject’s self that flows right into the dress: Michelle Obama is a wearer of clothes and an owner of arms and a woman who looks right at you, this painting says. — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, "The new Obama portraits are gorgeous alone, but combine strangely.," 12 Feb. 2018 The release is more gestural than actual, a bit of fake-it-till-you-make-it. — Elizabeth Greenwood, Longreads, "The Month of Giving Dangerously," 31 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gestural.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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