An unexpansive man. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
unexpansive bodies. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : expansive mountain scenery. ,Our expansive host welcomed us warmly. ,the expansive force of heat. From Dictionary.com.
On the contrary, our approach to them is narrowly utilitarian, unexpansive and without either awe or affection. From Wordnik.com. [Just Send Us The Bill] Reference
He was cold, distant and unexpansive in manner and had more followers than friends. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Since Parnell] Reference
He called himself unexpansive and unromantic; he confessed to small understanding, small veneration, for artistic effects. From Wordnik.com. [South Wind] Reference
And his physiognomy, though it might at first seem very grave, rough, and unexpansive, beamed with masculine kindliness whenever a smile revealed his teeth, which had remained extremely white. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1] Reference
I was not a favourite with my family at that period of my life, because I was reserved and unexpansive, in consequence of the silence I was obliged to observe on the subjects which interested me. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville] Reference
Louis XII. gave him full credit for his bravery and his warlike abilities; but the young prince's unexpansive character, haughty independence, and momentary flashes of audacity, caused the veteran king some disquietude. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4] Reference
As he prefigured these new beings, the son was to exist chiefly for purposes of distinction and the dignity of heirship, and the paternal relations with him would be always somewhat formal, and, though affectionate, unexpansive. From Wordnik.com. [The Market-Place] Reference
A time always comes at which the moral principles originally adopted have been carried out to all their legitimate consequences, and then the system founded on them becomes as rigid, as unexpansive, and as liable to fall behind moral progress as the sternest code of rules avowedly legal. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society] Reference
It has already been remarked, that even before the time of Solon the number of Athenians not included in the gentes or phratries was probably considerable: it tended to become greater and greater, since these bodies were close and unexpansive, while the policy of the new lawgiver tended to invite industrious settlers from other parts of Greece and Athens. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01] Reference
Sophia, in the blackest of black weeds, started guiltily up from the volume of "The Corsair," in which she had been plunged, while Madeleine, without manifesting any surprise, rose placidly, laid aside her needlework -- a coarse flannel frock, evidently destined for charity -- and bestowed upon her sister and aunt an affectionate though unexpansive embrace. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of Scarthey] Reference
Richard remained unexpansive. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
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