Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being inexpressive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being inexpressive.
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- noun The quality of being
inexpressive .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Doyle often makes a fetish of this sort of masculine inexpressiveness, but in longer stories like "The Photograph" and "Bullfighting" he ably conveys his characters' hearty love of life along with their anxieties about its decline.
Stories of Midlife Crises And Motherhood Dilemmas Sam Sacks 2011
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His unwavering inexpressiveness makes me wonder what the hell Tenma sees in this guy.
Anime Review: School Rumble, Volume One | The Anime Blog 2007
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The mandarin accepted the prince's nonanswer with stern inexpressiveness.
The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996
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Mira wondered at the inexpressiveness of young faces.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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Mira wondered at the inexpressiveness of young faces.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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Mira wondered at the inexpressiveness of young faces.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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"I am a priest," replied the young man, his face resuming its former calm inexpressiveness.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Various
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Her lips were sealed with inexpressiveness when she talked to anyone except Richard.
The Judge Rebecca West 1937
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She stood aghast at her own inadequacy, her stony inexpressiveness ....
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As Archer listened, his sense of inadequacy and inexpressiveness increased.
The Age of Innocence 1920
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