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expansively
Variant of expansive
adjective
- tending or being able to expand
- of, or working by means of, expansion
- widely extended; broad; extensive; comprehensive
- characterized by a free and generous nature; sympathetic; demonstrative; open: an expansive person
- Psychiatry in or of a state characterized by overestimation of oneself, overgenerosity, euphoria, and, at times, delusions of grandeur
Related Forms:
- expansively adverb
- expansiveness noun or expansivity
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