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  • 101abroad — adv 1. in foreign parts, out of the country, overseas, on the continent, U.S. in Europe, beyond seas; wandering, traveling, vacationing, on one s travels; distant, afar off. 2. away, about, out, out of doors, out of the house, not at home, in the …

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  • 102expansive — UK [ɪkˈspænsɪv] / US adjective 1) formal friendly, generous, or willing to talk an expansive mood/wave/gesture/smile 2) including many things or a large area At 35, she has already created an expansive business empire. an expansive view across… …

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  • 103expansive — /əkˈspænsɪv / (say uhk spansiv), /ɛk / (say ek ) adjective 1. tending to expand or capable of expanding. 2. causing expansion. 3. having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive. 4. (of a person s manner or speech) effusive; unrestrained; …

  • 104largely — [adv] to a great extent abundantly, as a rule, broadly, by and large, chiefly, commodiously, comprehensively, considerably, copiously, expansively, extensively, extravagantly, generally, generously, grandly, immoderately, imposingly, in a big way …

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  • 105expansive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) covering a wide area; extensive. 2) relaxed, genial, and communicative. 3) tending towards territorial expansion. DERIVATIVES expansively adverb expansiveness noun …

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  • 106expansiveness — expansive ► ADJECTIVE 1) covering a wide area; extensive. 2) relaxed, genial, and communicative. 3) tending towards territorial expansion. DERIVATIVES expansively adverb expansiveness noun …

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  • 107descant — [des′kant΄; ] for v., also [ des kant′] n. [ME < Anglo Fr deschaunt & ML discantus < L dis , from, apart + cantus, song: see CHANT] 1. Medieval Music a) two part singing in which there is a fixed, known melody and an additional but… …

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  • 108expansive — [ek span′siv] adj. [< L expansus (see EXPANSE) + IVE] 1. tending or being able to expand 2. of, or working by means of, expansion 3. widely extended; broad; extensive; comprehensive 4. characterized by a free and generous nature; sympathetic;… …

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  • 109expansive — adj. 1 able or tending to expand. 2 extensive, wide ranging. 3 (of a person, feelings, or speech) effusive, open. Derivatives: expansively adv. expansiveness n. expansivity n …

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  • 110spreadingly — adverb : expansively, manifestly his deeper impression of something beautiful and spreadingly clear Henry James †1916 …

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