expressiveness

Variant of expressive

expressive definition

ex·pres·sive (ek spres′iv, ik-)

adjective

  1. of or characterized by expression
  2. that expresses or shows; indicative (of) a song expressive of joy
  3. full of meaning or feeling an expressive nod

Etymology: ME < ML expressivus

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