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Auxilium : Thesaurus Anglicus/Magnitudo
greatness &c adj.; magnitude ; size ; multitude ; immensity ; enormity ; infinity ; might , strength , intensity , fullness ; importance .great quantity, quantity , deal , power , sight , pot , volume , world ; mass , heap ; stock ; peck , bushel , load , cargo ; † cartload , wagonload , shipload ; flood , spring tide ; abundance .principal part , chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part; bulk , mass .great ; greater ; large , considerable , fair , above par ; big , huge ; Herculean , cyclopean ; ample ; abundant ; full , intense , strong , sound , passing , heavy , plenary , deep , high ; signal , at its height , in the zenith .world-wide , widespread , far-famed , extensive ; wholesale ; many .goodly , noble , precious , mighty ; sad , grave , heavy , serious ; far gone , arrant , downright ; utter , uttermost ; crass , gross , arch , profound , intense , consummate ; rank , uninitiated , red-hot , desperate ; glaring , flagrant , stark staring ; thorough-paced , thoroughgoing ; roaring , thumping ; extraordinary ; important ; unsurpassed ; complete .august , grand , dignified , sublime , majestic .vast , immense , enormous , extreme ; inordinate , excessive , extravagant , exorbitant , outrageous , preposterous , unconscionable , swinging , monstrous , overgrown ; towering , stupendous , prodigious , astonishing , incredible ; marvelous .unlimited ; unapproachable , unutterable , indescribable , ineffable , unspeakable , inexpressible , beyond expression, fabulous .undiminished , unabated , † unreduced , unrestricted .absolute , positive , stark , decided , unequivocal , essential , perfect , finished .remarkable , of mark, marked , pointed , veriest ; noteworthy ; renowned .(gradu positivo) truly ; decidedly , unequivocally , purely , absolutely , seriously , essentially , fundamentally , radically , downright , in all conscience; for the most part , in the main .(gradu completo) entirely ; abundantly ; widely , far and wide .(gradu alto) greatly &c adj.; much , † muckle , well , indeed , very , very much, a deal , no end of, most , not a little ; pretty , pretty well ; enough , in a great measure, richly ; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so ; never so, ever so; ever so dole; by wholesale ; mighty , powerfully ; with a witness, ultra , in the extreme , extremely , exceedingly , intensely , exquisitely , acutely , indefinitely , immeasurably ; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably , infinitely .(gradu supremo) preeminently , superlatively .(gradu nimio) immoderately , monstrously , preposterously , inordinately , exorbitantly , excessively , enormously , out of all proportion, with a vengeance .(gradu notabili) particularly , remarkably , singularly , curiously , uncommonly , unusually , peculiarly , notably , signally , strikingly , pointedly , mainly , chiefly ; famously , egregiously , prominently , glaringly , emphatically , κατ' ἐξοχήν (kat’ exochen ), strangely , wonderfully , amazingly , surprisingly , astonishingly , incredibly , marvelously , awfully , stupendously .peculiarly .(gradu violenti) furiously ; severely , desperately , tremendously , extravagantly , confoundedly , deucedly , devilishly , with a vengeance; † à outrance ,à toute outrance .(gradu doloroso) painfully , sadly , grossly , sorely , bitterly , piteously , grievously , miserably , cruelly , woefully , lamentably , shockingly , frightfully , dreadfully , fearfully , terribly , horribly .a maximis ad minima ;minimum decet libere cui multum licet [Seneca]; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them [Twelfth Night].
