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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 expansively
 (ad.)可擴張的;開闊的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ex·pan·sive a.
 1. Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. [wns=1]
    A more expansive and generous compassion.   --Eustace.
    His forehead was broad and expansive.   --Prescott.
 2. causing expansion; as, the expansive force of heat.
 -- Ex*pan*sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan*sive*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 expansively
      adv 1: in an impressively expansive manner; "she managed to live
             rather expansively on her modest income"
      2: in an ebullient manner; "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to
         supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American
         aggression" [syn: ebulliently, exuberantly]