Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: expressive
IPA transcription: [ɪkspɹ'ɛsɪv]
Pronunciations of expressive
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: expressive
    Meaning: characterized by expression; "a very expressive face"
Usage examples
  • But as soon as Maria was gone, Laura stamped her expressive foot and said:
  • Her great brown eyes were very expressive and not altogether free from a sparkle of luminous heat.
  • Maxineff looked reflectively about the yard, while Noakes nervously eyed his chief's expressive profile.
  • Her voice was a pure soprano, of an expressive sweetness which affected Noakes as nothing else he had known.
  • All this time Rachel had not spoken a word, nor had her sister uttered anything expressive of congratulation or good wishes.
  • There is a grace and dignity in the lines of your face, expressive of the noble soul within, and breathing of purity beneath the vivid coloring.
  • Before we went, I wrote Traddles a full statement of all that had happened, and Traddles wrote me back a capital answer, expressive of his sympathy and friendship.
  • The prisoners, in their expressive language, have named it the "Lions' Den," probably because the captives possess teeth which frequently gnaw the bars, and sometimes the keepers also.
  • She knew he had to go, she was grateful and immensely expressive of her gratitude--Wemyss thought he had never met any one so expressively grateful--that he should so diligently go, but she didn't like it.
  • This is the highest and best use to which our so expressive word 'character' has ever been put, and the use to which it is put when we speak of Bunyan's Characters partakes of the same high sense and usage.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Language, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Swastika, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording U2, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Asteroid belt, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Functional programming, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Harvey Milk, License CC BY-SA 4.0