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adjective

Expressive adj.

Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. "Each verse so swells expressive of her woes."

Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. "You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them." "Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke."

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Etymology of 'Expressive'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Expressive" Quotes from Famous Books

... responsibility for the development of character, of industry, of thrift, and of self-control. These do not come from the Government, but from the people themselves. But the Government can and should always be expressive of steadfast determination, always vigilant, to maintain conditions under which these virtues are most likely to develop and secure recognition and reward. ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Calvin Coolidge • Calvin Coolidge

... women have almost always shorter necks, but they have mostly very pretty little feet and ankles, and although their features may not be regular or handsome, taken separately, yet the ensemble is generally pleasing; their eyes are fine and expressive, and after all, in my opinion, expression is the soul of beauty. The female peasantry of France take no pains in guarding against the sun and wind, but merely wear caps, consequently get very much tanned, and look ...

— How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 • F. Herve

... partook not of that poverty of appearance. The proudest noble in Scotland might have been yet prouder could he have called that child his heir. While, with breathless anxiety, the Lady of Avenel gazed on his well-formed and expressive features, a slight shade of colour returned gradually to the cheek; suspended animation became restored by degrees, the child sighed deeply, opened his eyes, which to the human countenance produces the effect of light upon the natural landscape, ...

— The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott

... capricious fashion as the means to express a constant and consistent style of her own. She appreciated her limitations in such matters—how far she as yet was from the knowledge necessary to forming a permanent and self-expressive style. She was prepared to be most cautious in giving play to an individual taste so imperfectly educated as ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... at this point was so expressive that all the party laughed. But the old gentleman grew grave again in a moment, ...

— Four Girls at Chautauqua • Pansy

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