Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| norja | gestikulerende |
- Handwaving on sanan handwave partisiipin preesens.
Määritelmät
Adjektiivi
- (not comparable) Waving the hands.
- Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.
Substantiivi
- (chiefly figuratively) Alternative form of hand waving.
Esimerkit
- For years much of this has been explained with hand-waving references to body types and metabolism -- broadly accurate, but cold comfort to the estimated 61% of Americans who are overweight or obese and want to have their weight controlled, not merely explained.
- Protesters who demand that this brilliantly humane enterprise be stopped should have their motives questioned. Their protest is nothing but the mindless hand waving of Luddites.
- McClatchy goes on to try and level a damning critique, which amounts to a lot of handwaving about things we already know.
- So when we're discussing thought and conscious processes, talking about minds is precise, and even measurable (what else do public opinion pollsters do?) while talking about brains is just hand-waving.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | handwavings |
| Komparatiivi | more handwaving |
| Superlatiivi | most handwaving |