Hauser was in an expansive mood.expansiveex‧pan‧sive /ɪkˈspænsɪv/ AWL adjective 
Hauser was in an expansive mood.2very large in area, or using a lot of space: expansive beaches She flung her arms out in an expansive gesture.3including a lot of information and using a lot of words: an expansive definition It was written in an expansive style.4relating to a business or economy becoming bigger or more successful: expansive economic policies—expansively adverb—expansiveness noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an expansive selection of food
- an expansive view of the beach
- Our visitors became more expansive after a few beers.
- The new office building represents the company's expansive ambitions.
- Expansion in output was fuelled by growing external demand and generally expansive domestic economic policies.
- He was in an expansive mood, and enjoyed chatting to the sales assistants.
- In such situations, hopes for a less active, more cautious and realistic, less expansive foreign policy were slim.
- Now their romantic urgings and formal ambitions have come together in an expansive exploration of the universe.
- The 1960s were expansive, golden years for the television networks.
- The house was only single-storey, but expansive in the Moorish style, with serial white arches and terracotta tiles.
- The integration of state and society favoured a benevolent and expansive concept of the role of the state.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Hauser was in an expansive mood. She flung her arms out in an expansive gesture.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1very friendly and willing to talk a lot: Hauser was in an expansive mood. She flung her arms out in an expansive gesture.· In reality, the role of the project team and its contribution has been much more expansive.· Golden Corral has slightly better steaks and a more expansive selection of food.· The people are more expansive in their complaining, but their words merely combine elements by now all too familiar.
NOUN· Theirs was not a relationship of expansive gestures like that.
· He was in an expansive mood, and enjoyed chatting to the sales assistants.· As noted, the frontier and the West had their own expansive mood.· Mr. Salmond Given that the Minister is in such expansive mood I will press him on the matter of training.· Why not go along with Luke's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink?
Hauser was in an expansive mood.2very large in area, or using a lot of space: expansive beaches She flung her arms out in an expansive gesture.3including a lot of information and using a lot of words: an expansive definition It was written in an expansive style.4relating to a business or economy becoming bigger or more successful: expansive economic policies—expansively adverb—expansiveness noun [uncountable]