voluminous (redirected from voluminously)

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.

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

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

vo·lumi·nous·ly adv.

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voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs]

adj

1. of great size, quantity, volume, or extent

2. (of writing) consisting of or sufficient to fill volumes

3. prolific in writing or speech

4. Obsolete winding

[from Late Latin volūminōsus full of windings, from volūmen volume]

voluminosity  [vəˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ], voluminousness n

voluminously  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	voluminous - 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.	voluminous - 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" twisting, twisty, winding, tortuous 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" copious abundant - present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

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voluminous

adjective

1. large, big, full, massive, vast, ample, bulky, billowing, roomy, cavernous, capacious She was swathed in a voluminous cloak.
large small, tiny, skimpy, slight

2. copious, extensive, prolific, abundant, plentiful, profuse this author's voluminous writings and correspondence
copious inadequate, insufficient, scanty

Translations

voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] ADJ (= large, capacious) → voluminoso; (= prolific) → prolífico; (= overlong) → prolijo

voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adj → volumineux/euse

voluminous

adj → voluminös (geh); figure also → üppig; writings → umfangreich; skirts, shirt, pockets → wallend

voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adj → voluminoso/a; (writer) → prolifico/a; (notes) → abbondante