expressive
adjective/ɪkˈspresɪv/
/ɪkˈspresɪv/
- showing or able to show your thoughts and feelings
- She has wonderfully expressive eyes.
- the expressive power of his music
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- of
- [not before noun] expressive of something (formal) showing something; existing as an expression of something
- Every word and gesture is expressive of the artist's sincerity.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- of
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘tending to press out’): from French expressif, -ive or medieval Latin expressivus, from exprimere ‘press out’, from ex- ‘out’ + primere ‘press’. Compare with express (verb).
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