expressional

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English

Etymology

From expression +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən.əl/, /ɛkˈspɹɛʃ.ən.əl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

expressional (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, genetics, the face or the arts
    • 1909, Henry James, "Preface", The Golden Bowl (Scribner, New York, 1909):
      What it would be really interesting, and I dare say admirably difficult, to go into would be the very history of this effect of experience; the history, in other words, of the growth of the immense array of terms, perceptional and expressional, that, after the fashion I have indicated, in sentence, passage and page, simply looked over the heads of the standing terms—or perhaps rather, like alert winged creatures, perched on those diminished summits and aspired to a clearer air.

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