demonstrative
di mon struh tiv
- n a pronoun that points out an intended referent
- a given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
an affectionate and demonstrative family - s serving to demonstrate
- Roar after roar ran through the crowd, larger than in all the other arenas combined, and the grand swelling of emotion in a people not usually demonstrative touched even foreign .
- There was no demonstrative proof of their service or allegiance to Bin Laden, although such links would be impossible to verify given the dispersed, cellular nature of these .
- In day coaches on a train from New York City to Albany last week rode five despairing, middle-aged women put aboard by a noisy, demonstrative crowd of friends.