Positive personality trait
Demonstrative
Openly showing affection, enthusiasm, or other warm feelings.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Shows love, joy and enthusiasm openly, in words and gestures.
- Cheers loudly, hugs often and says what they feel.
- Leaves no doubt about how they feel about someone.
Fits when a person openly shows love and other feelings
Not when the point is kindness in deeds, which a quiet person can show without display
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: it describes how someone shows feelings at home and with friends, not at work.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is warm and demonstrative with [the children in their care]: they celebrate every small success out loud, and the children light up.
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Report card comment [Name] shows their feelings openly and is quick to celebrate classmates' successes.
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In a story, shown not told When his daughter walked across the stage, he stood up, cheered, and kept clapping long after the next name had been called.
Her demonstrative family cheered so loudly that the whole hall turned around.
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