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Extensiveness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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.]

Extensiveness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.