expansiveness
noun[U]
uk/ɪkˈspæn.sɪv.nəs/us/ɪkˈspæn.sɪv.nəs/expansivenessnoun[U](TALK)
thequalityoftalkinghappilytopeoplein afriendlyway:
Incontrastto her expansiveness, hetendsto bequietandinsular.
He has atendencytowards expansiveness andpoetry.
- Theactorfullyembodiesthe character'sparadoxes, hisselfishness, his expansiveness, and hisloveoflife.
- I like his expansiveness when he'sexcited.
- He waspraisedfor the expansiveness of hisapproachintacklinghistopics.
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- anti-reductionist
- broad brush
- broaden
- enlarge
- enlarge on/uponsomething
- expand
- expand onsomething
- expansively
- overgeneralization
- overgeneralize
- oversimplification
- oversimplify
- predigested
- specificity
- specify
- split hairsidiom
- standardization
- standardize
expansivenessnoun[U](LARGE)
thefactthat somethingcoversalargearea:
When it cametimetochooseaplacetolive, Iwantedexpansiveness so that I didn'tfeelconstricted.
The expansiveness of theroomenergizesthestudents.
- What's sobeautifulabout thispartof theworldis theawesomeexpansiveness of themountainsand thesea.
- Themuseumexperienceis veryrelaxing- it's aboutwanderingandallowingfor an expansiveness oftime.
- thewatersof Lake Michigan, whichmagnifythe expansiveness of thepark
Big and quite big
- appreciable
- baronial
- bulky
- burly
- expansive
- hearty
- hefty
- higher
- hulking
- juicy
- mass
- rambling
- roomy
- royal
- savage
- sizable
- sizeable
- spacious
- the bigger the betteridiom
- walk-in
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