enormous
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,343 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,395 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree also: tremendous an enormous boulderenormous expenses
enormous in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The enormous importance of this work will be at once perceived.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Against the farther wall the bed was like an enormous shadow, without form.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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The walls of the ancient fortress were built of enormous blocks of stone fitted together without cement.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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Tom had never seen such enormous trees, and as he looked up he fancied that the blue sky rested on their heads.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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Where, then, and in whose pockets, did you suppose I was getting the enormous interests I have been paying you for years?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1