expansive


Pronunciation key

( ik-span′siv )

ex•pan•sive

adj.

[< L. expansus (see EXPANSE); + ive].

  1. Capacity to expand; tendency to expand.
  2. Of or working by means of expansion.
  3. Broadly extended; widened; extensive; comprehensive in extent. Grand in scale and scope.
  4. Inclination toward an outgoing, free and generous nature; sympathetic; demonstrative; open; as, an expansive person.
  5. Psychiatry, marked by delusions of grandieur and euphoria.

References

  • Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955
  • The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition ©1985

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