expression
Her voice has a rich and earthy expressivity.
Parents’ emotional expressivity was measured by observation.
We are looking at how technology affects creativity and expressivity in live performances.
She is exploring the potential for expressivity in the human voice.
In music, the teaching of expressivity has to be adapted to the age and skills of the students.
Giving the user the option to enter free text gives the benefit of expressivity and flexibility.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Expressing and showing feelings
a gleam in your eyeidiom
abandon
affect
affective
be in/get into a stateidiom
beat your breast/chestidiom
crimson
fling
fling up your handsidiom
flush
freak
freak (someone) out
game face
pale
roar
roar with something
sook
spill
spill out
sulk

Examples of expressivity

expressivity
The expressivity of this formalism is exploited to define a calculus of objects with explicit addresses.
The framework of expressivity and metaphor is presented in this paper with respect to sound and music devices.
It can also allow us to define in detail a specific expressivity of the instrument.
Other implementations are limited in expressivity, too low level, or poorly scalable.
According to him, it is the contrast that conveys the expressivity of these words.
However, it puts some limits to the expressivity of the functions that can be used and arc consistency may not be representable for some constraints.
I always wanted to write music that combined the impact of rock music with the kind of expressivity of baroque music.
When expressivity is low, individuals may be misclassified - that is, an individual with very tiny wrinkles may be classified as round.
Interpreting their meanings, expressivity, and psychological significance is a more distant but ultimate goal, a study of which is beyond the scope of this essay.
One can, however, question the practical benefits of such expressivity.
This is important because understanding the mapping is critical to the expressivity of the device.
Learning an opaque mapping is difficult for both parties, making expressivity problematic.
This high degree of variable expressivity can lead to difficulties in disease classification, diagnosis and pathological studies.
How can we resolve this widely variable expressivity?
Performers are most comfortable with their own instrument, not a copy, and maximal performance flexibility and expressivity certainly are conveyed through an original instrument.
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