expansivelyadv.
/ɛkˈspansɪvli/ In an expansive manner; at large, extensively. With respect to the steam-engine: On the principle of expansion.
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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.
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