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[ big-nis ] / ˈbɪg nɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bigness ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe fact or condition of being large in size, extent, amount, etc. Chiefly New England. size1. Origin of bignessFirst recorded in 1485–95; big1 + -ness Words nearby bignessbigmouthed, big mouth, have a, Big Muddy, Big Muddy River, big name, bigness, big noise, bignonia, bignoniaceous, big-note, big of one Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bignessThe power of bigness corrupts by spreading the twisted logic of bigness. Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition|James Poulos|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST If absolute power corrupts absolutely, we might now understand that bigness works in a similar way. Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition|James Poulos|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Liebeck jury intuited that the only way to punish this logic of bigness was to partake of it. Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition|James Poulos|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST The bigness, as evident in the Penguin Random House merger, has reached obscene proportions. 5 Ways to Fix Book Publishing|Anis Shivani|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Bigness is the bane of any creative or responsive activity, and publishing is no exception. 5 Ways to Fix Book Publishing|Anis Shivani|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST But Chesterton's taste for bigness has come to his service in criticism. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study|Julius West Wine and beer we have in plenty in the cellar, and the cheese I shall cut is as a cartwheel for bigness. Not Quite Eighteen|Susan Coolidge This was the fringe of Bigness's own sanctuary, and now Bibbs reached the roaring holy of holies itself. The Turmoil|Booth Tarkington Now she was suddenly aware of his bigness of soul which made him capable of an infinite tenderness and capacity to serve. Georgina of the Rainbows|Annie Fellows Johnston Capital has been in danger for forty years and labor is in danger now, of being fooled by its own bigness. The Ghost in the White House|Gerald Stanley Lee
Words related to bignessimmensity, massiveness, immenseness, heftiness, magnitude, amplitude, greatness, enormity, enormousness, size, hugeness, sizableness |