expressively
/ɪkˈspɹɛ.sɪv.li/adverb
expressively is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E-L-Y: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, expressively means “In an expressive manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in expressively?
| Letters | 12: E-X-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 100,430th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is expressively?
Expressively appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce expressively?
- US /ɪkˈspɹɛ.sɪv.li/
- US /ɛkˈspɹɛ.sɪv.li/
Expressively has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-expressively.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of expressively
- more expressively comparative
- most expressively superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does expressively mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an expressive manner.
You can play the exercises pretty well on piano, fair enough, but can you play the movement expressively?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Expressively in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in expressive manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | expressivamente |
| Spanish | expresivamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does expressively come from?
From expressive + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).