Definition for EX-TENS'IVE-NESS

EX-TENS'IVE-NESS, n.

  1. Wideness; largeness; extent; as, the extensiveness of the ocean.
  2. Extent; diffusiveness; as, the extensiveness of a man's charities or benevolence.
  3. Capacity of being extended. [Little used.] Ray.

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