gesturally

gesturally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English gesture
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English gestural
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English gesturally

    From gestural + -ly.

    Adverb

    gesturally (not comparable)

    1. In a gestural fashion.
      • 1979 August 25, Vicki Gabriner, Susan Freundlich, “Bridging the Gaps between Deaf and Hearing Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 9:
        We've barely begun to scratch the surface of the notion that highly complex and subtle ideas can be communicated gesturally.
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