sized

American  

[sahyzd] / saɪzd /

adjective

1. having size as specified (often used in combination).

   middle-sized.

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sized British  

/ saɪzd /

adjective

1. of a specified size

   medium-sized

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Other Word Forms

• supersized adjective
• unsized adjective
• well-sized adjective

Etymology

Origin of sized

First recorded in 1575–85; size ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

And yet, for more than 75 years now, Fairyland has had a grown-up sized influence.

From Los Angeles Times

Sniffling and wiping at her nose, the girl looked Aunt Kitty over from head to toe and back up again, then sized me up beside her.

From Literature

The hotel decor is industrial, and certainly luxurious, with exposed pipes, dark teal walls, weathered wood, brass, brick and leather, spacious rooms and generously sized bathrooms.

From Salon

Adani says the terminal employs about 30 people, a fraction of the roughly 250 to 300 people he says would be needed for a similarly sized, manually operated terminal.

From The Wall Street Journal

We sized them up, looking for one no taller than 15 feet, the allowable limit.

From The Wall Street Journal