Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expansively"
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)
expansively
adv 1: in an impressively expansive manner; "she managed to live
rather expansively on her modest income"
2: in an ebullient manner; "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to
supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American
aggression" [syn: {ebulliently}, {exuberantly}]
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