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Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: -- Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long

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Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: -- Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. De Quincey. Of great volume, or bulk; large. B. Jonson. Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous. Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n.

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  • COMPREHENSIVENESS
    The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison.
  • AMPLENESS
    The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
  • CAPACIOUSNESS
    The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.
  • EXTENSIVELY
    To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
  • AMPLECTANT
    Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. Gray.
  • AMPLEXATION
    An embrace. An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall.
  • EXTENSIVENESS
    The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
  • EXTENSIVE
    1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness. 2. Capable of being extended.
  • AMPLEXICAUL
    Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray.
  • VOLUMINOUS
    Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: -- Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long
  • CAPACIOUSLY
    In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.
  • COMPREHENSIVE
    Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups. Note: The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups.
  • AMPLE
    Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser. 2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample
  • CAPACIOUS
    1. Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor. In the capacious recesses of his mind. Bancroft. 2. Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining
  • COMPREHENSIVELY
    In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.
  • SPACIOUS
    1. Extending far and wide; vast in extent. "A spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide." Milton. 2. Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church;
  • UNEXAMPLED
    Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
  • INCOMPREHENSIVE
    Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited. -- In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly, a. Sir W. Hamilton. -- In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness, n. T. Warton.
  • CHAMPLEVE
    Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also,
  • EXAMPLESS
    Exampleless. B. Jonson.
  • EXAMPLE
    orig., what is taken out of a larger quantity, as a sample, from 1. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen. 2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy. For I have
  • INCAPACIOUS
    Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul. Bp. Burnet. -- In`ca*pa"cious*ness, n.
  • SAMPLE
    1. Example; pattern. Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." Shak. Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. Fairfax. 2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen;
  • LAMPLESS
    Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull. Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. Beau. & Fl.
  • SAMPLER
    1. One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler. 2. A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display
  • UNCOMPREHENSIVE
    1. Unable to comprehend. Narrow-spirited, uncomprehensive zealots. South. 2. Incomprehensible. Shak.
  • COEXTENSIVE
    Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.
  • ENSAMPLE
    An example; a pattern or model for imitation. Tyndale. Being ensamples to the flock.
  • RAMPLER
    A rambler.

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