the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Faintly representing; typical.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Shadowing forth; faintly resembling; foreshadowing or typical.
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adj. indistinctly prophetic
Word Usage
"Like the somber Hawthorne's, his style is brooding, adumbrative, rather than incisive or brilliant, and it often limps among the facts of his story like a man in pain."