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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" ebulliently, exuberantly

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expansively

[ɪksˈpænsɪvlɪ] ADV

1. (= 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

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expansively

adv

(= warmly) say → herzlich; smile → breit; (= enthusiastically) → begeistert

(= in detail) → ausführlich

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expansively

[ɪksˈpænsɪvlɪ] adv (fig) → in modo espansivo

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