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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 1.6 [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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