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What is the adjective for expressions?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs express and expresse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

express
  1. (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
  2. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
  3. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
  4. (retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “When payments had been made, the dealers sent the orders to the buyers in Taiwan by express delivery.”
      “On his way there, he saw Mr. O'Mahon and Gerry hurrying to catch the express train to town.”
      “Issues will be presented in this column only with the express permission of the member.”
expressing
expressional
  1. Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His procedure was most carefully calculated in every respect to attain the maximum expressional power possible.”
      “You used to be such a creative and expressional guy, but now I don't know who you are.”
      “Without that understanding, these dances will become very physical without the spiritual and expressional parts.”
expressive
  1. Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Stella cradled the toy to her, an expressive look on her face.”
      “Listeners prefer the expressive music produced by humans, likely because these performances have the subtle variations typical of human expressiveness.”
      “Of all the journalistic stereotypes regularly committed to celluloid, none has been more expressive of its times than the war correspondent.”
expressionist
  1. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
expressable
  1. Capable of being expressed.
expressionistic
  1. Expressionist.
  2. Examples:
    1. “His style, derived from observations of both art and life, is a more or less naive, expressionistic symbolism.”
      “Despite the expressionistic framing and fancy camera angles, the film feels remarkably flat and prosaic.”
      “The works are an expressionistic mix of raw materials, typography, colour and artificial lighting, involving often quite bizarre detailing.”
expressible
  1. Able to be expressed.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her emotions were so overwhelming and complex that they were hardly expressible through mere words.”
      “Beethoven delighted Rousseau's Romantic admirers with his demonstration of the moral force expressible in music.”
      “Sounds do have certain mathematically expressible accidents, but the science of proportions does not establish the substance or nature of sounds.”
expressionless
  1. without expression
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Dressed in a blue jacket and blue shirt, he remained expressionless when the verdict was returned.”
      “The crowd had an expressionless reaction to the team's lackluster performance, reflecting the absence of vigor and excitement in their play.”
      “She was gaunt, painfully thin, expressionless, wearing a sleeveless top, dark pants, and sandals.”
expressed
expressed
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