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expansively

expansively adverb: in an expansive manner.

Adverb

expansively (comparative more expansively, superlative most expansively)

  1. In an expansive manner.
    • 'Sad business, isn't it?' remarked the manager expansively. 'Patient any better today, sir?'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Forms of expansively

comparativemore expansively
superlativemost expansively

Origin of expansively

From expansive + -ly.

Questions about expansively

What does expansively mean?
Expansively means in an expansive manner.
What part of speech is expansively?
Expansively is an adverb.

Words near expansively in the dictionary

  1. expansionistic
  2. expansionists
  3. expansionless
  4. expansions
  5. expansive
  6. expansively
  7. expansiveness
  8. expansivenesses
  9. expansivist
  10. expansivists
  11. expansivities

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