Expressive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Each verse so swells expressive of her woes.
                                                    --Tickell.
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     2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or
        feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as,
        expressive looks or words.
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              You have restrained yourself within the list of too
              cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. --Shak.
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              Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly
              spoke.                                --Littelton.
        -- {Ex*press"ive*ly},adv. -- {Ex*press"ive*ness},n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expressive
       adj : characterized by expression; "a very expressive face"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "expressive":
     Christophanic, Satanophanic, alive, allegorical, allusive,
     angelophanic, appearing, associational, connotational, connotative,
     definable, delineative, demonstrating, demonstrative, denominative,
     denotational, denotative, depictive, descriptive, designative,
     diagnostic, disclosive, displaying, eloquent, emblematic,
     emotional, epiphanic, evidential, evincive, exhibitive, explicit,
     expositional, expositive, expository, extended, extensional,
     facund, faithful, figural, figurative, forceful, full of meaning,
     full of point, full of substance, graphic, identifying,
     ideographic, idiosyncratic, imaginative, implicative, incarnating,
     incarnational, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual,
     intelligible, intensional, interpretable, lifelike, lively, loaded,
     manifestative, materializing, meaning, meaningful, meaty,
     metaphorical, moving, naming, naturalistic, pathognomonic,
     peculiar, pictorial, pithy, pneumatophanic, poignant, pointed,
     pregnant, presentational, promulgatory, provocative, readable,
     realistic, referential, representative, responsive, revealing,
     revelational, revelatory, rich, semantic, semiotic, sententious,
     showing, signalizing, significant, significative, signifying,
     spirited, striking, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic,
     symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, telling, theophanic,
     thought-provoking, transferred, true to life, typical, vivid,
     well-drawn