expansively

[ ik-span-siv-lee ]

adverb

1. in a wide-ranging or comprehensive manner:

   Both directly local and expansively global actions are needed to confront this crisis.

   “Broadband” needs to be defined as expansively as possible—connection speeds that are sufficient for home users are still inadequate for libraries.

2. in an effusive, unrestrained, or open manner:

   She spoke expansively, and at great length, about her plans for the future.

3. across a wide physical or geographical area:

   The band toured expansively through Finland, Sweden, and Denmark.

   Areas of color are applied expansively, restricted only by the physical edges of the canvas.

Other Words From

• non·ex·pan·sive·ly adverb
• o·ver·ex·pan·sive·ly adverb
• un·ex·pan·sive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of expansively¹

expansive ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

This section of the book also provides a glimpse into the more expansive parts of Bezos’s thinking.

From Washington Post

This wasn’t the plan Bowser wanted, but school buildings did reopen, even as the city’s coronavirus rates are slowly rising and the surrounding region’s school districts have retreated from more-expansive plans for face-to-face instruction.

From Washington Post

These aren’t the realistic graphics for which early adopters may have bought the PS5, but they’re more than adequate, offering expansive views of the terrain that can be awe-inspiring.

From Washington Post

Every four years, we get new election results, and every four years, people start passing around state- or county-level results maps that show a massive sea of red — reflecting Republican strength in expansive, sparsely populated rural areas.

From Washington Post

Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio were liberal blips on an expansive red radar.

From Fortune

Leading neocon strategist Norman Podhoretz thought much more expansively.

From The Daily Beast

At a key moment, however, Pelosi stepped back and waxed a little bit more expansively and philosophically.

From The Daily Beast

To what degree it should be applied expansively must be determined by experience in different cases.

From Project Gutenberg

A 60-horse-power engine was being built in Wales, with an 8-feet stroke, to work expansively with 30 lbs.

From Project Gutenberg

Two years later he altered the engines of this boat, and arranged them to work steam expansively.

From Project Gutenberg

So in using steam expansively the back pressure must be at a minimum, and this is especially true in the compound engine.

From Project Gutenberg

In using steam expansively the relative proportion between the back pressure and the force of the steam is of course greater.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• broadly
• chiefly
• generally
• mostly
• predominantly
• principally
• widely