- unexpansive
- adjective1. showing no tendency to expand-
unexpansive bodies
• Ant: ↑expansive2. not given to high spirits or effusiveness-an unexpansive man
• Similar to: ↑restrained
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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unexpansive — adj.; unexpansively, adv.; unexpansiveness, n. * * * … Universalium
unexpansive — un·expansive … English syllables
unexpansive — /ʌnəkˈspænsɪv/ (say unuhk spansiv), / ɛk / (say ek ) adjective not expansive …
Antonioni, Michelangelo — born Sept. 29, 1912, Ferrara, Italy Italian film director and producer. He wrote film reviews and studied filmmaking before directing his short film The People of the Po Valley (1947). His first major film, The Girl Friends (1955), was followed… … Universalium
unexpansively — adverb In an unexpansive way … Wiktionary
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aloof — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, Olympian, above, above all that, abovestairs, airward, alienated, aloft, alone, antisocial, apart, apathetic, arrogant, at a distance, away, backward, bashful, benumbed, blah, blank, blase, bored, broken,… … Moby Thesaurus
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