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Extensiveness

noun
1.
Large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness.  Synonym: largeness.  "The very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it"





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"Extensiveness" Quotes from Famous Books



... fifty 'pieces' in my trousseau; how many have you in yours?" he asked Lettice one day; and the girls were much impressed at the extensiveness of his preparations, until it was discovered that he counted each sock separately, and took a suit of clothes as representing three of the aforesaid "pieces." Having once given way, the Squire behaved in the most generous manner, and at his suggestion, Rex was to travel overland to Brindisi, ...
— Sisters Three • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
 
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... the extensiveness of the trade between the United States and Great Britain was answered by saying, that this was not a subject proper for legislative interposition. It was one of which the merchants were the best judges. They would consult their interest as individuals; and this ...
— The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 (of 5) • John Marshall
 
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Words linked to "Extensiveness" :   extensive, magnitude, largeness, large



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