indicative
/ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/ adjective C1- Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something. · He had pains indicative of a heart attack.
- Of, or relating to the indicative mood.
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She looked like a woman of narrow experience and rigid conscience, which she was; but there was a saving something about her mouth which, if it had been ever so slightly developed, might have been considered indicative of a sense of humor.
Dantès was occupied in arranging this piece of wood when he heard Faria, who had remained in Edmond’s cell for the purpose of cutting a peg to secure their rope-ladder, call to him in a tone indicative of great suffering.
“Let your excellencies only leave the matter to me,” returned Signor Pastrini in a tone indicative of unbounded self-confidence.
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