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adjective

forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes: a voluminous edition.
sufficient to fill a volume or volumes: a voluminous correspondence.
of great volume, size, or extent: voluminous flow of lava.
of ample size, extent, or fullness: voluminous petticoats.
having many coils, convolutions, or windings.

Origin of voluminous

1605–15; < Late Latin volūminōsus full of folds, equivalent to Latin volūmin- (stem of volūmen) volume + -ōsus -ous
Related formsvo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverbvo·lu·mi·nous·ness, vo·lu·mi·nos·i·ty [vuh-loo-muh-nos-i-tee] /vəˌlu məˈnɒs ɪ ti/, nounhy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjectivehy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverbhy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ness, nounsu·per·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjectivesu·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverbun·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjectiveun·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverbun·vo·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun
Can be confusedcompendious voluminous

Synonyms for voluminous

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3. extensive, copious, ample.
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Related Words for voluminously

chiefly, generally, mostly, widely, principally, broadly, predominantly, abundantly, considerably, extensively, generously, grandly, lavishly, magnificently, mainly, overall, primarily, comprehensively, copiously, expansively

Examples from the Web for voluminously

Historical Examples of voluminously

  • They hung from him voluminously, seeming to be the clothes of a larger man.

    Alice Adams

    Booth Tarkington

  • This letter he finally did answer, not voluminously, but with all cordiality.

    The Dark Star

    Robert W. Chambers

  • Cornelius, her son, had written her often and voluminously since her trip southwards.

  • For there have been few things so voluminously discussed as poetry.

  • Voluminously he bragged of the velocipede in the stable at home.

    Whilomville Stories

    Stephen Crane

British Dictionary definitions for voluminously

voluminous

adjective

of great size, quantity, volume, or extent
(of writing) consisting of or sufficient to fill volumes
prolific in writing or speech
obsolete winding
Derived Formsvoluminosity (vəˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ) or voluminousness, nounvoluminously, adverb

Word Origin for voluminous

C17: from Late Latin volūminōsus full of windings, from volūmen volume
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Word Origin and History for voluminously

voluminous

adj.

"forming a large mass," 1610s, from Late Latin voluminosus, from Latin volumen (genitive voluminis) "volume" (see volume). Related: Voluminously.

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