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expansively — adv. Expansively is used with these verbs: ↑gesture … Collocations dictionary
expansively — expansive ► ADJECTIVE 1) covering a wide area; extensive. 2) relaxed, genial, and communicative. 3) tending towards territorial expansion. DERIVATIVES expansively adverb expansiveness noun … English terms dictionary
expansively — adverb 1. in an impressively expansive manner (Freq. 1) she managed to live rather expansively on her modest income • Derived from adjective: ↑expansive 2. in an ebullient manner Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the… … Useful english dictionary
expansively adv — I have no underwear, Tom said expansively … English expressions
Expansively — Expansive Ex*pan sive ([e^]ks*p[a^]n s[i^]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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
expansively — adverb see expansive … New Collegiate Dictionary
expansively — See expansive. * * * … Universalium
expansively — adv. comprehensively; in an expansive way, extensively; effusively, openly … English contemporary dictionary
expansively — ex·pan·sive·ly … English syllables
expansively — See: expansive … English dictionary
