expansive
[ ik-span-siv ]
/ ɪkˈspæn sɪv /
adjective
having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery.
(of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.
causing expansion: the expansive force of heat.
working by expansion, as an engine.
Psychiatry.
marked by an abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur.
Origin of expansive
First recorded in 1645–55;
expans(ion) +
-ive
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expansive
/ (ɪkˈspænsɪv) /
adjective
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
wide; extensive
friendly, open, or talkative
an expansive person
grand or extravagant
an expansive way of life
psychiatry
lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work