Meaning

3 senses
  1. Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

    expressive dancing

    a gesture expressive of the utmost contempt

    ausdrucksvoll, ausdrucksstark

    вырази́тельныйvyrazítelʹnyj

  2. Conveying the speaker's emotions and/or attitudes, in addition to the denotative or literal meaning.

  3. Able to represent a number of ideas or concepts.

    A programming language that is Turing complete is more expressive than one that is not.

More definitions
  • characterized by expression
  • performing gestures or possessing qualities or features that suggest a certain state of being or emotion

Examples

18 sentences
  1. She has an extremely expressive singing voice.

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  2. Tom has an extremely expressive singing voice.

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  3. The gift is expressive of my feelings.

    deDas Geschenk ist Ausdruck meiner Gefühle.

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  4. The word is expressive of my feelings.

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  5. Sometimes gestures are more expressive than speech.

    ruИногда жесты выразительнее слов.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
effectively conveying feeling:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
effectively conveying feeling:

Origin

From Middle French expressif.

From Middle French expressif.

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