1 showing or able to show your thoughts and feelings:
She has wonderfully expressive eyes. * the expressive power of his music
compareEXPRESSIONLESS
2 [notbeforenoun] ~ of sth (formal) showing sth; existing as an expression of sth:
Every word and gesture is expressive of the artist's sincerity.
expressively adverb:
He raised his eyebrows expressively.
expressiveness noun [U]:
the poetic expressiveness of the sonata
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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