Synonym: grand, heroic, talkative. Similar words: expansively, expansion, expansionism, economic expansion, expanse, expensive, inexpensive, expand. Meaning: [-nsɪv] adj. 1. able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion 2. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope 3. marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur 4. friendly and open and willing to talk.
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1. Hauser was in an expansive mood .
2. She made an expansive gesture with her arms.
3. He waved an expansive arm .
4. They have played an expansive style of rugby.
5. She opened her arms wide in an expansive gesture of welcome.
6. She flung her arms out in an expansive gesture.
7. She was clearly relaxed and in an expansive mood.
8. The piece is written in his usual expansive style.
9. There was an expansive view from the window.
10. In the expansive 1960s bright graduates could advance rapidly.
11. It was written in an expansive style.
12. He was becoming more expansive as he relaxed.
13. We need to look at a more expansive definition of the term.
14. The father was in an expansive mood and gave presents to all of his children.
15. An active and expansive market economy is a necessary condition for progress.
16. He was in an expansive mood on the night of the party.
17. The new office building represents the company's expansive ambitions.
18. Our visitors became more expansive after a few beers.
19. Many have expansive interests and encyclopedic knowledge.
20. I gaped at the expansive marbled entryway, the elegant chandeliers, and white-tiled floors.
21. He was charming, expansive and, according to investigators, a danger to the well-being of associates who fell from favor.
22. The people are more expansive in their complaining, but their words merely combine elements by now all too familiar.
23. The most expansive and forward-looking of the three is the last in D, with its tragic minor-key slow movement.
24. As they drove along the wide boulevards, Myeloski was expansive in his description of the history of the town.
25. From Horton, the valley widens, becoming broader and more expansive.Sentence dictionary
26. Mr. Salmond Given that the Minister is in such expansive mood I will press him on the matter of training.
27. Instead of reinforcing the detachment and alienation implied by the electronics, Bowie frequently counters those qualities with rich, expansive melodies.
28. In such situations, hopes for a less active, more cautious and realistic, less expansive foreign policy were slim.
29. As noted, the frontier and the West had their own expansive mood.
30. The steamship and the railway, the legacy of the colonial past and the expansive power of commerce make this inevitable.
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