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expansively en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English expansive Middle English -ly English -ly English expansively From expansive + -ly.

Meanings

  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

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most expansively Degree=Sup lexicographic
more expansively Degree=Cmp lexicographic