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[ UK /ɛkspˈænsɪv/ ]
[ US /ɪkˈspænsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
  2. able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
    Expansive materials
    the expansive force of fire
  3. friendly and open and willing to talk
    wine made the guest expansive
  4. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
    heroic undertakings
    an expansive lifestyle
    collecting on a grand scale
    in the grand manner

How To Use expansive In A Sentence

  • He has become gruff and cold, a far cry from the playful, expansive carouser and rabble-rouser of the film's opening scenes. Come and Get It
  • Breathing in and out for an equal length of time is another way to experience expansiveness and balance.
  • No sooner had a bowl of steaming spaghetti vongole been placed in front of me than Matt, in a moment of open-armed expansiveness while trying to press home a point, had knocked the entire thing into my lap.
  • That football is the way we want to play, open and expansive. The Sun
  • The difficulty is in making the concept both concrete and yet expansive enough to include everyone who ought to fall within our orbit of concern.
  • Something about it fills us with such joy that we are able to let go of our every day petty grievances and be the full and expansive people we are.
  • The plan of the sanctuary complex, now a dignified patchwork of ruins, is quintessentially Syrian, with a small central temple surrounded by an expansive precinct known as the temenos . Temple of the 'Bride of the Desert'
  • Unlike the destruction caused by an earthquake, which may affect several buildings across an expansive area, this disaster involved many buildings and a massive debris pile in a small, confined area.
  • Some states stick with the label "gifted" whereas others use more broad and expansive definitions including "gifted and talent" or "high ability students. Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.: Who Is Currently Identified as Gifted in the United States?
  • The Spaniard not only brings goals but also a more expansive way of playing. Times, Sunday Times
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