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Meaning of semaphoric | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. using semaphore
  2. involving waving the arms, as if using semaphore

Examples

“He was standing as he spoke, emphasising his periods with semaphoric motions of his right arm.”
“This is a cerebral take⟳ on the way hundreds of other movies have⟳ defined hysteria rather than any form⟳ of observation, a semaphoric set⟳ of signals designed to represent⟳ hysteria rather than embody it.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

semaphyllous semasiographic semasiological sematectonic sematic sematological

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