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expressive

 adjective
     
ex‧pres‧sive
1 showing very clearly what someone thinks or feels [≠ expressionless]:
her wonderfully expressive eyes
2

be expressive of something

formal showing a particular feeling or influence:
Her poem is expressive of calm days and peace of mind.
—expressively adverb
—expressiveness noun [uncountable]
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