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expansive

adj
/ɪkˈspænsɪv/

Etymology

From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) + -ive.

  1. derived from expāns-

Definitions

  1. Comprehensive in scope or extent.

    • expansive research work
    • She laughed, she winked, and nodded knowingly at Pen; she tapped him on the arm with her fan; she tapped Blanche; she tapped the Major;—her contentment was boundless, and her method of showing her joy equally expansive.

  2. Talkative and sociable.

  3. Able to be expanded.

    • Such instruments, however ingenious, are not of scientific value; because they do not admit of rigid comparison, are liable to alter in their contractile and expansive properties, and cannot be made to indicate precisely alike.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Exhibiting expansivity.

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Derived

expansively, expansiveness, expansivist, gender-expansive, hyperexpansive, nonexpansive, overexpansive, unexpansive

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA