expressiveadjective
uk/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/us/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/C2 showing what someone thinks or feels:
an expressive face
expressive hands
be expressive of sth formal
showing a particular feeling:
The final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is expressive of joy.
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Talkative and eloquent
- articulate
- chatterbox
- communicative
- cry
- eloquent
- expansive
- garrulous
- gift
- gossip
- in full cry idiom
- lucid
- mouth
- oratory
- silver-tongued
- smooth
- talkative
- the gift of the gab idiom
- turn of phrase
- voluble
- well turned
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expressively
adverb uk/ɪkˈspres.ɪv.li/us/ɪkˈspres.ɪv.li/
She danced the part of Giselle very expressively.
expressiveness
noun [ U ] uk/ɪkˈspres.ɪv.nəs/us/ɪkˈspres.ɪv.nəs/