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voluminous
[ vuh-loo-muh-nuhs ]
adjective
a voluminous edition.
a voluminous correspondence.
- of great volume, size, or extent:
voluminous flow of lava.
Synonyms: , ,
- of ample size, extent, or fullness:
voluminous petticoats.
- having many coils, convolutions, or windings.
voluminous
/ vəˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ; vəˈluːmɪnəs /
adjective
- of great size, quantity, volume, or extent
- (of writing) consisting of or sufficient to fill volumes
- prolific in writing or speech
- obsolete.winding
Derived Forms
- ˈܳԴdzܲ, adverb
- voluminosity, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·m·Դdzܲ· adverb
- ·m·Դdzܲ·Ա ···ԴDz··ٲ [v, uh, -loo-m, uh, -, nos, -i-tee], noun
- p··m·Դdzܲ adjective
- hyper··m·Դdzܲ· adverb
- hyper··m·Դdzܲ·Ա noun
- p··m·Դdzܲ adjective
- super··m·Դdzܲ· adverb
- ܲv·m·Դdzܲ adjective
- un·m·Դdzܲ· adverb
- un·m·Դdzܲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of voluminous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of voluminous1
Example Sentences
Hoffman has done a marvelous job of reading through Aimee’s voluminous, florid writings and creating a narrative that works for the modern ear.
Similarly, the Becket lawyer insisted that another book tells kids their gender "changes based on the weather," but provides no evidence in the voluminous court filings.
He’s called himself a “hoarder,” and that seems to include his own voluminous quantity of work.
That unreliability mirrors, whether intentionally or not, that of one of his principal sources: the voluminous, virtually unreadable memoir that his great-grandfather composed.
The lawyers also raised the issue of "voluminous discovery, including evidence located in other countries" and the need for the defence to determine how best to defend Masud.
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