gestural

gestural

English

Etymology

    From gesture + -al.

    Adjective

    gestural

    1. Of, pertaining to, or using gestures.
      • 2019 April 12, Annalisa Quinn, “The Small Rebellions of Sally Rooney’s Normal People”, in The Atlantic[1]:
        One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance.
    2. (art) Relating to gesturalism.

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