expansively
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ex·pan·sive
(ĭk-spăn′sĭv)adj.
1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand.
2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers.
3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.
4. Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle.
ex·pan′sive·ly adv.
ex·pan′sive·ness, ex′pan·siv′i·ty (ĕk′spăn-sĭv′ĭ-tē) n.
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Adv. | 1. | expansively - in an impressively expansive manner; "she managed to live rather expansively on her modest income" |
2. | expansively - in an ebullient manner; "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression" |
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expansively
[ɪksˈpænsɪvlɪ] ADV1. (= affably) [welcome, say, smile] → calurosamente
2. (= in detail) [relate, write] → extensamente
he talked expansively of his travels → habló extensamente sobre sus viajes → se explayó sobre sus viajes
he talked expansively of his travels → habló extensamente sobre sus viajes → se explayó sobre sus viajes
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expansively
adv
(= in detail) → ausführlich
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