adj.
effectively conveying thought or feeling.
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(expressive of)
conveying (a quality or idea).
Derivative
- expressively adv.
- expressiveness n.
- expressivity n.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘tending to press out’): from Fr. expressif, -ive or med. L. expressivus, from exprimere (see express3).
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