What is the meaning of expansive?

adjective

  • Able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion.
    • usage: "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"
  • Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope.
    • usage: "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"
  • Marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur.
  • Friendly and open and willing to talk.
    • usage: "wine made the guest expansive"
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