单词 | expansively |
释义 | expansivelyadv. In an expansive manner; at large, extensively. With respect to the steam-engine: On the principle of expansion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adverb] expansively1839 the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adverb] > in expansive manner expansively1839 enlargingly1882 dilatingly1891 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] amply1442 copiously1534 spaciously1614 enlargedly1625 voluminously1633 exuberantly1782 expansively1839 luxuriantly1840 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 160 Very little power is lost by working the steam expansively. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. iii. 57 Voltaire, at his leisure in Brussels..writes much more expansively. 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 100 The Absolute going forth expansively..is Nature. 1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 93 For throttling of the steam through the regulator will be substituted working expansively. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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