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Moving? Note reason (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emotive

'moving?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'note reason' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'reason' becomes 'motive' (I've seen this before).
'e'+'motive'='EMOTIVE'

(Other definitions for emotive that I've seen before include "Arousing deep feeling" , "Arousing strong feeling" , "Arousing much feeling" , "Deeply felt" , "Highly-charged" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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