adjective
- showing feelings or emotions openly and clearly
- serving to prove or show something clearly
Usage: formal
noun
- a word that points out or identifies a person or thing
Usage: grammar
Examples
- She’s very demonstrative with her children, always hugging and kissing them.
- His reserved nature made him less demonstrative than his outgoing wife.
- The experiment provided demonstrative evidence of the theory.
- The results were demonstrative of the program’s success.
- Words like ‘this,’ ‘that,’ ‘these,’ and ‘those’ are demonstratives.
- The teacher explained how demonstratives help identify specific nouns.
- Her demonstrative personality made her popular at parties.