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English Dictionary: expansiveness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for expansiveness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expansiveness
n
  1. a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed"
    Synonym(s): expansiveness, expansivity
  2. a friendly open trait of a talkative person
    Synonym(s): effusiveness, expansiveness, expansivity
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.
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