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voluminous

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vo·lu·mi·nous  (v-lm-ns)
adj.
1. Having great volume, fullness, size, or number: a voluminous trunk; a voluminous cloud.
2. Filling or capable of filling a large volume or many volumes: the voluminous court record of the long trial.
3. Ample or lengthy in speech or writing.
4. Having many coils; winding.

[Late Latin volminsus, having many folds, from Latin volmen, volmin-, roll of writing; see volume.]

vo·lumi·nosi·ty (-ns-t), vo·lumi·nous·ness (-ns-ns) n.
vo·lumi·nous·ly adv.

voluminous
Adjective
1. (of clothes) large and roomy
2. (of writings) extensive and detailed
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.voluminousvoluminous - large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
2.voluminousvoluminous - marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
3.voluminous - large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
abundant - present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

voluminous
adjective 1. large, big, full, massive, vast, ample, bulky, billowing, roomy, cavernous, capacious << OPPOSITE small
adjective 2. copious, extensive, prolific, abundant, plentiful, profuse << OPPOSITE scanty
Translations

voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adj (= large) → voluminoso (= prolific); prolífico
voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adjvolumineux/euse
voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adj (clothes) → sehr weit;
(correspondence, notes) → umfangreich
voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adjvoluminoso/a; [notes etc] → abbondante


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What indeed are all the repealing, explaining, and amending laws, which fill and disgrace our voluminous codes, but so many monuments of deficient wisdom; so many impeachments exhibited by each succeeding against each preceding session; so many admonitions to the people, of the value of those aids which may be expected from a well-constituted senate?
I began to read them out again in due time, clothed with the literary airs and graces that I admired in it, and for a long time I imitated Ik Marvel in the voluminous letters I wrote my friend in compliance with his Shakespearean prayer:
"Well, you certainly have a lovely day for your wedding, Anne," said Diana, as she slipped a voluminous apron over her silken array.
 
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