a. Obs. rare–1. [f. as prec. + -FUL.] = EXPRESSIVE.
1621. Lady M. Wroth, Urania, 395. True confession of that you then seemd with expressefull ioy, and content to entertaine.
1629. H. Burton, Babel no Bethel, 17. A question … set downe in most cleare & expresseful termes.
