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Definition of Inexpressive
1. Adjective. Not expressive. "An inexpressive face"
Definition of Inexpressive
1. a. Inexpressible.
Definition of Inexpressive
1. Adjective. Lacking expression or emotion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inexpressive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inexpressive
Literary usage of Inexpressive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Sacred Song: Selected from the English Lyrical Poetry of by Francis Turner Palgrave (1890)
"Lucifer, the Morning Star * than, then 5 Pan, used here for God " silly, simple
7 Cynthia, the Moon s inexpressive, inexpressible 9 ct>nsort, ..."
2. Elocutionary Manual: The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and by Alexander Melville Bell (1887)
"inexpressive motions should always be avoided. No gesture should be made without
a reason for it; and when any position has been ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"We have already seen that the technical terms of jurisprudence are either
inexpressive, or calculated to produce error: the necessity of improvement cannot ..."
4. Essays on a Liberal Education by Frederic William Farrar (1867)
"When we are threatened, that, without « knowledge of Latin and Greek, our language
would be to us "a strange collection of inexpressive symbols,"' we are at ..."
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