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expressively

/ɪkˈspɹɛ.sɪv.li/

expressively adverb: in an expressive manner.

Adverb

expressively (comparative more expressively, superlative most expressively)

  1. In an expressive manner.
    • You can play the exercises pretty well on piano, fair enough, but can you play the movement expressively?
    • "I apprehend that my French is not equal to your letter, Monsieur," said Elizabeth, glancing her eye expressively at her companion; "will you favour us with its substance in English?"1823, [James Fenimore Cooper], The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Charles Wiley; […], →OCLC

Examples of expressively in a sentence

  • Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in[…]1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London...
  • There was quite a bewildering succession of drives, dances, picnics and boating parties, all expressively lumped together by Phil under the head of “jamborees”1915, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, Anne of the Island, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, →OCLC:

Forms of expressively

comparativemore expressively
superlativemost expressively

Origin of expressively

From expressive + -ly.

Questions about expressively

What does expressively mean?
Expressively means in an expressive manner.
How do you use expressively in a sentence?
Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in[…]
What part of speech is expressively?
Expressively is an adverb.
How do you pronounce expressively?
Expressively is pronounced /ɪkˈspɹɛ.sɪv.li/ (US).

Words near expressively in the dictionary

  1. expressions of interest
  2. expressis verbis
  3. expressive
  4. expressive aphasia
  5. expressive language
  6. expressively
  7. expressiveness
  8. expressivenesses
  9. expressives
  10. expressivism
  11. expressivisms

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