Not little; considerable, great.

Great or large in size, bulk, or stature; = much, adj. 1a.

Of a size, bulk, or extent that is considerably above average; large. See also sense A. 23. Without a reinforcing or intensifying adjective.

Of any physical object or entity: great in size or dimension; spec. (of a person) tall, large, bulky; (formerly also) †adult, grown up, mature (obs…

Of a material object, an animal, etc.: of great size or bulk. (Sometimes connoting strength, resisting power, or the like.) Now regional.

Strong, mighty, big. (obsolete) Of grain, etc.: Well-filled, plump. Of fire or wind: Strong, fierce (Scottish)

Strong, doughty, brave, powerful. Also, of a thing: Great, large.

Of considerable size or extent; great, big. Of an animal or thing.

Big, large, bulky. Obsolete. rare.

Of considerable size, bulk, or extent; large.

Great, large. Obsolete.

With reference to physical size: large, big. Obsolete. rare.

Large.

Of good size; showing healthy growth. Obsolete.

Strongly and stoutly built; large-framed, ‘strapping’. Obsolete.

Spacious, capacious.

Hence colloquial: Great, big. (Cf. thumping, adj. 2, bouncing, adj., etc.) Formerly often in phr. (now dialect) lumping pennyworth = ‘plenty for…

Large, great.

transferred. Big, ‘whopping’. rare.

attributive. As large as, or resembling, a barn door; often in humorous application (cf. sense 1 above). Also in combinations.

Substantial, considerable, or impressive in quantity or extent; great, large, abundant. In later use sometimes colloquial or humorous.

attributive used to distinguish things of very large size.

= B.

large.

of a large size.

Of an economy size.