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expressively

[ UK /ɛkspɹˈɛsɪvli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. with expression; in an expressive manner
    she gave the order to the waiter, using her hands very expressively

How To Use expressively In A Sentence

  • In his hands, thread, string and wool are used as expressively as the boldly poured and scumbled paint.
  • String players slid expressively from one note to the next - portamento, the style was called - in imitation of the slide of the voice.
  • The second movement, the composer told me, should be played not expressively, but like ice.
  • The white monoliths of the towers are almost negative spaces, while the black surrounding them is luxuriously, expressively painted.
  • These three-dimensional drawings made from what looks like untwisted coat hangers seem at once joyously simple and expressively subtle. Times, Sunday Times
  • she looked at him inexpressively
  • she gave the order to the waiter, using her hands very expressively
  • She has expressively mobile features and switches from youthful hope to aged eccentricity with admirable economy.
  • He drinks from a crystal water goblet and stares out expressively over his small, wire-framed glasses, lips pursed, eyebrows raised, and arms folded. American Grace
  • Viewed collectively, all these imprecise images speak expressively of his key virtue—his remarkable selflessness.
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