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Word Meanings - ADUMBRATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle.

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  • 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.

 

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