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   Ex·pan·sive

   /ikˈspansiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. covering a wide area in terms of space or scope; extensive or wide-ranging: "deep, expansive canyons" Similar extensivesweepingrollingspaciouswide-rangingextensivebroadwideall-embracingcomprehensivethoroughinclusivecross-disciplinaryinterdisciplinarymultidisciplinaryOpposite limitedrestricted
   • 2. (of a person or their manner) open, demonstrative, and communicative: "she felt expansive and inclined to talk" Similar communicativeforthcomingsociablefriendlyoutgoingunreserveduninhibitedopenaffableamiablegenialchattytalkativeconversationalgarrulousloquaciousvolubleeffusivedemonstrativeextrovertextroverteddiscursiveinformal:talkyOpposite uncommunicativereservedtaciturn
   • 3. tending toward economic or political expansion: "expansive domestic economic policies"

   Derivatives

   • 1. expansively adverb
   • 2. expansiveness noun

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