expansive

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
adjective of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
adjective marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur

From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) + -ive.

The second reason was altogether more expansive and imperial. — The Forsyte Saga - Complete, John Galsworthy
An expansive smile diffused itself over his close-shaven face. — Linnet: A Romance, Grant Allen
The most reserved were expansive; the most exclusive sociable. — One Woman: Being the Second Part of a Romance of Sussex, Alfred Ollivant

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