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Expansiveness

noun

A quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand. Synonym: expansivity.

A friendly open trait of a talkative person. Synonyms: effusiveness, expansivity.

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"Expansiveness" Quotes from Famous Books

... be mighty particular with your feet when you have to show them," she said, Josie's expansiveness having had its influence on her indifference. "I never can wear old shoes. They are simply ruination to one's feet. As for cheap shoes—never! Of course, these are bargains merely because they ...

— Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman • Emma Speed Sampson

... I once got enthusiastic on the subject in the company of an eccentric character, who very soon made me repent my expansiveness. If he had committed any atrocious crime (he was a small sandy-haired creature, and wore colored spectacles), no one knew of it, and he never hinted at its nature; but his whole ideas seemed tinged with a vague gloomy remorse that made him a sadder, but scarcely a wiser or better man. ...

— Sword and Gown - A Novel • George A. Lawrence

Words linked to "Expansiveness" : communicativeness, effusiveness, magnificence, expansive, impressiveness, richness, grandness