Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-TENS'IVE-NESS
EX-TENS'IVE-NESS, n.
- Wideness; largeness; extent; as, the extensiveness of the ocean.
- Extent; diffusiveness; as, the extensiveness of a man's charities or benevolence.
- Capacity of being extended. [Little used.] Ray.
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