Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-PRESS'IVE-NESS
EX-PRESS'IVE-LYEXPRESSIVO, or ESPRESSIVO
EX-PRESS'IVE-NESS, n.
- The quality of being expressive; the power of expression or representation by words.
- The power or force of representation; the quality of presenting a subject strongly to the senses or to the mind; as, the expressiveness of the eye, or of the features, or of sounds.
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