extended his arms in a broad stretch

[Jamal.sh]

Hello everyone.
I'm reading How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino.

The uncle, taking up a teacup that had been abandoned on his desk,
drank down the now-cold tea in a single swallow, extended his arms in a
broad stretch.

Would you please tell me what in a broad stretch means? Does it mean with all his strength?

Thanks so much 🙏

 

[lingobingo]

No. It presumably means he stretched his arms outwards, sideways, in a broad/wide gesture. But it reads oddly. With no conjunction, “extending” would have been more natural than “extended”.

 

[PaulQ]

With no conjunction, “extending” would have been more natural than “extended”.

It seems fine to me. I'm not sure "extending" would work.
The uncle, taking up a teacup that had been abandoned on his desk,drank down the now-cold tea in a single swallow, extended his arms in a
broad stretch.

 

[lingobingo]

You’re right. It would make more sense grammatically, but probably not practically! I suppose he stretched his arms out after drinking the tea, niot at the same time.

 

[JulianStuart]

It may be an editing error in the translation from the Japanese.

 

[Jamal.sh]

Thanks 🙏 but I don't know what the board gesture means either.

 

[lingobingo]

Neither do we. It’s not clear what’s being descriibed, so we can only guess.

 

[a little edgy]

I agree that there needs to be an "and" in front of "extended his arms in a broad stretch."

I take that statement to mean that the uncle extended his arms out from his sides as far, or nearly as far, as he could, perhaps as part of a stretch, the way people stretch after having been sitting in a chair or riding in a car for a long time.