- Expressiveness
- Expressive Ex*press"ive, a. [Cf. F. expressif.]
1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative;
communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of
his gratitude.
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Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. --Tickell. [1913 Webster]
2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. [1913 Webster]
You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. --Littelton. -- {Ex*press"ive*ly},adv. -- {Ex*press"ive*ness},n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
