Word Meanings - ADUMBRATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle.
Related words: (words related to ADUMBRATIVE)
- REPRESENTABLE
Capable of being represented. - FAINTLY
In a faint, weak, or timidmanner. - TYPICAL
Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. -- Typ"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Typ"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; - REPRESENTATIVELY
In a representative manner; vicariously. - REPRESENTANT
Appearing or acting for another; representing. - REPRESENTATIONARY
Implying representation; representative. - REPRESENTER
1. One who shows, exhibits, or describes. Sir T. Browne. 2. A representative. Swift. - REPRESENTATIVE
Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8. (more info) 1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude. - REPRESENTATIVENESS
The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator. - REPRESENT
To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative,3. The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that, besides the - REPRESENTATION
1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb. 2. That which represents. Specifically: A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical - REPRESENTMENT
Representation. - REPRESENTANCE
Representation; likeness. Donne. - SUBTYPICAL
Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant. - ATYPIC; ATYPICAL
That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type. - IRREPRESENTABLE
Not capable of being represented or portrayed. - ETYPICAL
Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type. - HOMOTYPIC; HOMOTYPICAL
See HOMOTYPAL - ARCHETYPICAL
Relating to an archetype; archetypal. - MISREPRESENTATION
Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith. Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional - PHONOTYPIC; PHONOTYPICAL
Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet. - MISREPRESENTATIVE
Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting. - MISREPRESENTER
One who misrepresents.