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ex·pres·sive

 (ĭk-sprĕs′ĭv)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by expression: a child's expressive ability.
2. Serving to express or indicate meaning or feeling: actions expressive of frustration.
3. Showing or communicating meaning or feeling effectively: an expressive glance.
ex·pres′sive·ly adv.
ex·pres′sive·ness n.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.expressiveness - the quality of being expressive
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
picturesqueness - the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid

expressiveness

noun
Vivid, effective, or persuasive communication in speech or artistic performance:
articulacy, articulateness, eloquence, eloquentness, expression, expressivity, facundity.
Translations
تعْبيريَّه
udtryksfuldhed
expresszivitáskifejezésteljes jellegkifejező erőkifejezõerõ
tjáningarkraftur
zeggingskracht
expresivita
anlamlılık

expressiveness

[ɪksˈpresɪvnɪs] N → expresividad f

expressiveness

[ɪkˈsprɛsɪvnɪs] n [person, behaviour] → expressivité f

expressiveness

n → Ausdruckskraft f; (of face also) → Ausdrucksfähigkeit f

express

(ikˈspres) verb
1. to put into words. He expressed his ideas very clearly.
2. (with oneself etc) to put one's own thoughts into words. You haven't expressed yourself clearly.
3. to show (thoughts, feelings etc) by looks, actions etc. She nodded to express her agreement.
4. to send by fast (postal) delivery. Will you express this letter, please?
adjective
1. travelling, carrying goods etc, especially fast. an express train; express delivery.
2. clearly stated. You have disobeyed my express wishes.
adverb
by express train or fast delivery service. Send your letter express.
noun
1. an express train. the London to Cardiff express.
2. the service provided eg by the post office for carrying goods etc quickly. The parcel was sent by express.
exˈpressly adverb
in clear, definite words. I expressly forbade you to do that.
exˈpression (-ʃən) noun
1. a look on one's face that shows one's feelings. He always has a bored expression on his face.
2. a word or phrase. `Dough' is a slang expression for `money`.
3. (a) showing of thoughts or feelings by words, actions etc. This poem is an expression of his grief.
4. the showing of feeling when eg reciting, reading aloud or playing a musical instrument. Put more expression into your playing!
exˈpressionless adjective
(of a face or voice) showing no feeling. a cold, expressionless tone.
exˈpressive (-siv) adjective
showing meaning or feeling clearly. She has an expressive look on her face.
exˈpressiveness noun
exˈpressively adverb
exˈpressway noun
a divided highway; a motorway.
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Very well; if you tell a German to send your trunk to you by "slow freight," he takes you at your word; he sends it by "slow freight," and you cannot imagine how long you will go on enlarging your admiration of the expressiveness of that phrase in the German tongue, before you get that trunk.
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A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.
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It is a little impaired in its expressiveness by his having a shut-up gape still to dispose of, with watering eyes.
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The discriminating observer we have been supposing might, however, perfectly have measured its expressiveness, and yet have been at a loss to describe it.
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Ruskin; and the comparison was in Katharine's mind, and led her to be more critical of the young man than was fair, for a young man paying a call in a tail-coat is in a different element altogether from a head seized at its climax of expressiveness, gazing immutably from behind a sheet of glass, which was all that remained to her of Mr.
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Halberstadt, Cassidy, Stifter, Parke, and Fox (1995) defined expressiveness as a persistent pattern or style in exhibiting nonverbal and verbal communications that often, but not always, appear to be related to emotion.
Maternal emotional expressiveness affects preschool children's development of knowledge of display rules
The expressiveness covers verbal and non-verbal features that must be on the same page and present themselves in a manner consistent with the subject to be reported [1,2].
Vocal and body expressiveness to speak well in telejournalism: training results/Expressividade vocal e corporal para falar bem no telejornalismo: resultados de treinamento
Positive expressiveness and mutual understanding are the positive goals; negative expressiveness, dominance, the aim to change the target, and the intention to hurt the other to benefit one's self are the negative goals; and surveillance of the relationship to decide relational continuation is the ambivalent goal.
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The key to his success is his deep, resonant voice, which brings an immense amount of warmth and expressiveness.
Country star
The other Key reason for the annual excellence of Messiah is the continued employment of the Royal Northern Sinfonia, now established as the ideal BACKING band for this WORK, with enough heft to accompany a large choir and yet displaying all the rhythmic lightness and vibrato-free expressiveness of a baroque band.
Tradition that continues to excel
It's only Patton's wonderful expressiveness - her face looks animated even when at rest - that saves this from being a complete plane crash.
In-flight comedy fails on take off
She said that she does like to have her body present and just to put it in the voice is quite difficult as you have to put energy into the expressiveness.
Helen Mirren claims to be hopeless at voice performance

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