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expressional, a.|ɛkˈsprɛʃənəl| [f. expression + -al1.] Of or pertaining to expression: a. in language; b. with reference to the countenance; c. in the fine arts, esp. painting, etc. a.1803W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XVI. 221 The conscious display of expressional skill and the anxious elaboration of a style freaked with allusions. 1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 36 The verbal and expressional solecisms which disfigure our literature. b.1867Bushnell Mor. Uses Dark Th. 285 Bearing the expressional stamp of man. c.1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. iii. §9 Hunt's Light of the World, is..the most perfect instance of expressional purpose with technical power. 1861Sat. Rev. XI. 584/2 There is some expressional force here. |