From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishexpansiveex‧pan‧sive /ɪkˈspænsɪv/AWL adjective1FRIENDLYvery friendly and willing to talk a lotHauser was in an expansive mood.2BIGvery large in area, or using a lot of spaceexpansive beachesShe flung her arms out in an expansive gesture.3including a lot of information and using a lot of wordsan expansive definitionIt was written in an expansive style.4relating to a business or economy becoming bigger or more successfulexpansive economic policies —expansively adverb —expansiveness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusexpansive• Our visitors became more expansive after a few beers.• The new office building represents the company's expansiveambitions.• The integration of state and societyfavoured a benevolent and expansiveconcept of the role of the state.• Expansion in output was fuelled by growing externaldemand and generally expansivedomesticeconomicpolicies.• Now their romantic urgings and formal ambitions have come together in an expansiveexploration of the universe.• In such situations, hopes for a less active, more cautious and realistic, less expansiveforeign policy were slim.• The 1960s were expansive, golden years for the televisionnetworks.• The house was only single-storey, but expansive in the Moorishstyle, with serial white arches and terracottatiles.• He was in an expansivemood, and enjoyedchatting to the salesassistants.• an expansiveselection of food• an expansiveview of the beachexpansive mood• As noted, the frontier and the West had their own expansive mood.• He was in an expansive mood, and enjoyed chatting to the sales assistants.• Why not go along with Luke's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink?• Mr. Salmond Given that the Minister is in such expansive mood I will press him on the matter of training.expansive gesture• Theirs was not a relationship of expansive gestures like that.