D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Demonstrative

/dĭm-än'-strət-ĭv/ · De·mon·stra·tive · IPA /dɪˈmɑn.stɹə.tɪv/
01 a. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively.
  1. 1.
    Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively.
    “An argument necessary and demonstrative.” Hooker.
  2. 2.
    Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
  3. 3.
    Consisting of eulogy or of invective.
Phrases & compounds
Demonstrative pronoun — a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.
02 n. A demonstrative pronoun; as, “this” and “that” are demonstratives.
  1. 1.
    A demonstrative pronoun; as, “this” and “that” are demonstratives.(Gram.)