expressionistic

adjective

ex·​pres·​sion·​is·​tic ik¦spreshə¦nistik 

ek¦-

: expressionist

her art has always been highly expressionistic, which is to say that it is basically motivated by psychological forces and not solely by the autonomous demands of plastic form

—Rhys Gwyn

expressionistically

-tə̇k(ə)lē 

-tēk-, 

-li

adverb

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