Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expressive"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

Each verse so swells expressive of her woes.
--Tickell.

2. 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. --Shak.

Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly
spoke. --Littelton.
-- {Ex*press"ive*ly},adv. -- {Ex*press"ive*ness},n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

expressive
adj 1: characterized by expression; "an expressive glance"; "a very
expressive face"
2: (usually followed by `of') giving expression to; "actons
indicative of fear" [syn: {expressive(p)}, {indicative
of(p)}, {revelatory}]


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