vasty

[vas-tee, vah-stee]

adjective, vast·i·er, vast·i·est.

vast; immense.

Origin of vasty

First recorded in 1590–1600; vast + -y¹

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Examples from the Web for vasty

Historical Examples of vasty

Again, the Count carried out his ideas in the "vasty halls of death."
History of the Moravian Church
J. E. Hutton
What manner Syrt, what ravening Scylla, what vasty Charybdis?
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus
Caius Valerius Catullus
I read no book of fate; I call no spirits from the vasty deep.
Hilda Wade
Grant Allen
Call spirits from the vasty deep: if they do not come, what of it?
Egotism in German Philosophy
George Santayana
But they're as contrary-minded as spirits from the vasty deep.
Indian Summer
William D. Howells

British Dictionary definitions for vasty

vasty

adjective vastier or vastiest

an archaic or poetic word for vast

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