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Webster 1913 Edition


Sizable

Siz′a-ble

,
Adj.
1.
Of considerable size or bulk.
“A sizable volume.”
Bp. Hurd.
2.
Being of reasonable or suitable size;
as,
sizable
timber;
sizable
bulk
.
Arbuthnot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sizable

SIZABLE

,
Adj.
[from size.]
1.
Of considerable bulk.
2.
Being of reasonable of suitable size; as sizable timber.

Definition 2024


sizable

sizable

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Adjective

sizable (comparative more sizable, superlative most sizable)

  1. (US, Canada) fairly large
    He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.
    • 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)
      A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.

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