populous
adjective
full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
populousness
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a word derived from
populous.
Example Sentences
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The ravages of man are as nothing to the ravages and exactions of marine nature, and both count for little in the immense populousness of the ocean.
From The Story of Newfoundland by Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of Birkenhead
I do not doubt in the ultimate return of the city to its former populousness and wealth, at least.
From Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century by William Ware
But we may bear in mind that Caesar a hundred years before had noted with surprise the populousness of Britain—hominum infinita multitudo, countless swarms of men.
From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne
Per contra, Wallace, On the Numbers of Mankind in Ancient and Modern Times, in which the superior populousness of antiquity is maintained, 1753.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
Numerous acts were also passed for the purpose of restoring the populousness of the towns.
From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney
