Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expansive"
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) 1.7 (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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