What does empressement mean?
Empressement means (archaic) Animated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm..
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/ɑ̃ˈpɹɛs.mɒ̃/ · noun
(archaic) Animated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm..
He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement.
So Macmaster saw – almost physically – Sir Reginald Ingleby perceiving the empressement with which his valued subordinate was treated in the drawing-rooms of Mrs. Leamington, Mrs. Cressy, the Hon. Mrs. de Limoux […]
Use empressement when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Empressement means (archaic) Animated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement.
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