Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: expansive
IPA transcription: [ɪksp'ænsɪv]
Pronunciations of expansive
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: expansive, talkative
    Meaning: friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"
  • Synonyms: expansive
    Meaning: marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
  • Synonyms: expansive
    Meaning: able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"
  • Synonyms: expansive, grand, heroic
    Meaning: of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"
Usage examples
  • If he chose to be expansive, it was not for Craven to take no notice.
  • In other countries of Europe, the Banking Snob is more expansive and communicative than with us, and receives all the world into his circle.
  • This blaze up the face was commonly said to resemble the body of a butterfly, whose closed wings were represented by the dog's expansive ears.
  • She took particular pains to give Undine her due part in the performance; but the girl's expansive impulses were always balanced by odd reactions of mistrust, and to-night the latter prevailed.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Edgar Allan Poe, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording X Article, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Poetry, License CC BY-SA 4.0