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expansive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expansive \Ex*pan"sive\, a. [Cf. F. expansif.] Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. A more expansive and generous compassion. --Eustace. His forehead was broad and expansive. --Prescott. -- {Ex*pan"sive*ly}, adv -{Ex*pan"sive*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expansive adj 1: able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire" [ant: {unexpansive}] 2: impressive in scale; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner" [syn: {grand}] 3: (psychiatry) marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur 4: friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive" [syn: {talkative}]
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