Found 3 hits - Term: expansiveness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
expansive \expan"sive\ e^kspa^n"si^v, a. cf. f.
expansif.
1. 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.
wordnet sense 1
1913 webster
a more expansive and generous compassion. --eustace.
1913 webster
his forehead was broad and expansive. --prescott.
2. causing expansion; as, the expansive force of heat.
1913 webster +pjc
3. of much expanse; wide-extending; as, an expansive view of
the mountains.
pjc
4. friendly, open, and unrestrained in conversation or
discourse; -- of people; as, wine made the guest
expansive. wordnet sense 4
syn: effusive, talkative.
wordnet 1.5
5. characterized by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and
delusions of grandeur. wordnet sense 3
wordnet 1.5 -- expan"sively, adv.
-expan"siveness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
expan"sively expan"siveness
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
expansiveness \expansiveness\ n.
1. a quality characterized by magnificence of scale; as, the
expansiveness of their extravagant lifestyle was soon
curtailed.
wordnet 1.5
2. a friendly open trait of a talkative person.
syn: effusiveness.
wordnet 1.5
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
expansiveness
n 1: a quality characterized by magnificence of scale; "the
expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon
curtailed"
2: a friendly open trait of a talkative person syn: effusiveness
see also:
effusiveness
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