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Meanings of more expressive in English

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Usage of more expressive in English
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Longer, more complex sentences can be more expressive but also more demanding.
The Irish Times
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They were more expressive still in the build-up to the afternoon's controversy.
The Guardian
3
Sure a pause and downcast eyes are more expressive than any words.
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
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Others were yet more expressive when they came to write their wills.
American Negro Slavery / A Survey of the Supply, Employment and ...
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Gentlemen, do you know of language anywhere in the world more expressive?
The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert
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Nothing could have been more expressive of a welcome to Wash's house.
An Arkansas Planter
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Again he utters the same idea, but in more expressive words.
George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
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His team are much more expressive and a joy to watch at times.
The Guardian
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The sigh of relief which the girl gave was more expressive than words.
Jess of the Rebel Trail
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You'll be more confident with people, and yet more expressive too.
The South African
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Their language is the more expressive from its being more refined and concentrated.
Paris as It Was and as It Is / A Sketch Of The French Capital, I...
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But the look she gave him was more expressive than words.
Man-Size
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The peculiar idiom is often more expressive than a literary account.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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The dance was more expressive now, not of art but of mere animalism.
Kimono
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He noted that while Java is more expressive, it is also more verbose.
Reuters
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And we notice that her face grows more expressive each day.
The Story of My Life / With her letters (1887-1901) and a supple...
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More expressive through the time
More expressive across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common