Expressively

//ɪkˈspɹɛ.sɪv.li// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an expressive manner.

    "You can play the exercises pretty well on piano, fair enough, but can you play the movement expressively?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    with expression; in an expressive manner wordnet

Synonyms

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effectivelyfaithfullyferventlyfluentlyforcefullygraphically

Example

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"While I was thinking over whether I should accept such strange apologies, Coutabay leafed through the book and read loudly and expressively: "While I was thinking over whether I should accept such strange apologies, Coutabay leafed through the book and read loudly and expressively: 'While I was thinking...' Holmes quickly snatched the volume from Coutabay's hands."

Etymology

From expressive + -ly.

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