"gestural" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From gesture + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|gesture|-al|text=+|tree=1}} From gesture + -al. Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} gestural
  1. Of, pertaining to, or using gestures. Translations (using gestures): gestual (Catalan), gestuel (French), gestisch (German), gestual (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gestural-en-adj-E7bcLIwK Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -al, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'using gestures': 98 2
  2. (art) Relating to gesturalism.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gesturalist, gesturality, gesturally, gesturalness, intergestural, intragestural, nongestural, visuogestural Related terms: gesticulate, gesticulation, gesticulative, gesture
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