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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]: expansiveness n 1: a quality characterized by magnificence of scale; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed" 2: a friendly open trait of a talkative person [syn: {effusiveness}]
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