a. [f. prec. + -AL.] Of or pertaining to expression: a. in language; b. with reference to the countenance; c. in the fine arts, esp. painting, etc.
a. 1803. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XVI. 221. The conscious display of expressional skill and the anxious elaboration of a style freaked with allusions.
1873. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., 36. The verbal and expressional solecisms which disfigure our literature.
b. 1867. Bushnell, Mor. Uses Dark Th., 285. Bearing the expressional stamp of man.
c. 1856. Ruskin, Mod. Paint., III. IV. iii. § 9. Hunt’s Light of the World, is … the most perfect instance of expressional purpose with technical power.
1861. Sat. Rev., XI. 584/2. There is some expressional force here.
