释义 |
expressness|ɛkˈsprɛsnɪs| [f. express a. + -ness.] The quality or state of being express; clearness, definiteness, exactness.
1645J. Goodwin Innoc. Triumph. 21 It was nothing but what in expressness and plainness of words was required of them. a1680Glanvill Serm. ix. (1681) 361 Heathens..had not the knowledge of God's law..in the fulness and expressness of it. 1877H. A. Page De Quincey I. i. 3 What he said of Lamb may with far greater expressness be applied to himself. |