enormousness
Americannoun
Commonly Confused
See enormity.
Etymology
Origin of enormousness
Example Sentences
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The enormousness of the global sea has, over ages of exploration, made the appraisals of prime inhabitants more like rough sketches than detailed portraits.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2021
He added a level of, well, enormousness, and just-let-me-handle-this charisma.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2021
Yet his enormousness did not diminish his ability to move with a ballet dancer’s grace.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2020
Irwin admits his own particular lens as dramatic clown is too narrow to take in the enormousness of Beckett’s late modernism.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019
Don’t confuse this with enormousness, because enormity isn’t a measure of size alone.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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