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Definition of Expansiveness
1. Noun. A quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand. "The expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed"
Generic synonyms: Grandness, Impressiveness, Magnificence, Richness
Derivative terms: Expansive, Expansive, Expansive
2. Noun. A friendly open trait of a talkative person.
Generic synonyms: Communicativeness
Derivative terms: Effusive, Expansive, Expansive
Definition of Expansiveness
1. Noun. The state of being expansive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expansiveness
1. [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Expansiveness
1. A state of optimism, loquacity, and reactivity. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expansiveness
Literary usage of Expansiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poet at the Breakfast-table: He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"But in consequence of That Boy's indiscretion, we were without a check upon our
expansiveness, and ran on in the way you have observed and may be disposed ..."
2. The Human Mind by James Sully (1892)
"(c) expansiveness of ^Esthetic Pleasure. Another prerogative of the aesthetic
feelings is their expansiveness or susceptibility of prolongation. ..."
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