expressiveness.

The capacity of a form, performance or manner to convey meaning or feeling effectively.

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Words that belong together

• expressiveness of a voice
• visual expressiveness

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The voice’s expressiveness came from timing rather than volume.

Visual expressiveness emerged from the arrangement of a few restrained details.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: style analysis, interpretation, characterization, rhetorical contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.