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[ vuh -loo -muh -nuh s ] SHOW IPA
/ vəˈlu mə nəs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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
SYNONYMS FOR voluminous 3 extensive, copious, ample.
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OTHER WORDS FROM voluminous vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb vo·lu·mi·nous·ness, vo·lu·mi·nos·i·ty [vuh -loo-muh -nos -i-tee], /vəˌlu məˈnɒs ɪ ti/, noun hy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjective hy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb hy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun su·per·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjective su·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb un·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjective un·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb un·vo·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun
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Example sentences from the Web for voluminous His papers are voluminous but arid, nothing of the man comes through.
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But the biographical inattention to his voluminous body of written work nonetheless has been a strange oversight.
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The singer covered parts of her naked body with moss, accessorizing with smokey eyeshadow and a voluminous haircut.
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Consider one bold, green dress with a voluminous skirt that shimmered with what looked like the green scales of an alligator.
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Eventually I got to see the voluminous police dossier on the case, including the photographs taken at the scene by the paparazzi.
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At his trousers I helplessly stopped short, lost in the voluminous recesses of each leg.
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The present work is an effort to accomplish that end without being too voluminous on the one hand, or too general on the other.
The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 | J. T. Headley.
Among Saint-Avit's books I had noticed a voluminous notebook secured by a strong lock.
But an importuned goddess reduces the most voluminous to bare stitches within a few winks of an eye.
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In his voluminous correspondence there is no trace of youth.
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British Dictionary definitions for 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 forms of voluminous voluminosity (vəˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ ) or voluminousness , noun voluminously , adverb Word Origin for voluminous C17: from Late Latin volūminōsus full of windings, from volūmen volume
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