In heaps; in large quantities or numbers. (Also by heap-meal.)
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] (30) heap-mealc897 In heaps; in large quantities or numbers. (Also by heap-meal.) by greata1513 spec. Of buying and selling: in bulk, wholesale. Cf. by gross adv. at gross, n.4 1 in gross at gross, n.4 2. Obsolete. in gross1538 in gross, in the gross In bulk, in large quantities, on a large scale, wholesale: opposed to by (†in) retail. Obsolete. by wholesale1592 by (also at, in) wholesale (formerly also †by (also in) the whole sale). figurative. On a large scale; in large quantity or number; profusely… full tide1709 Apparently: in a stream like that of water at high tide. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— considerably (2) — in or to a greater quantity, amount, or degree (18) — at, in, or to maximum amount or degree (5) |
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