EXPRESSIVE
\ɛkspɹˈɛsɪv], \ɛkspɹˈɛsɪv], \ɛ_k_s_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of EXPRESSIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.
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Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; - followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.
By Oddity Software
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Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.
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Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; - followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.
By Noah Webster.
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Full of significance or importance; forcible.
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Expressively.
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Expressiveness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Expressively.
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Expressiveness.
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Conveying expression; full of meaning.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Serving to express, utter, or represent: followed by of; as, he sent a letter couched in terms expressive of his gratitude; "Each verse so swells expressive of her woes."-Tickell: full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling intended to be conveyed; emphatical; "While this hidden reality is unveiled to us in one way by science and philosophy, it is the function of art to reveal it to us in another, and, for many minds, a more expressive and intelligible way."-Dr. Caird.
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Serving to utter or represent; representing emphatically or clearly; significant.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
