numbersome

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adjective

Characterized by (great) number; numerous.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivenumbersome (comparative more numbersome, superlative most numbersome)

comparative more numbersome · superlative most numbersome

  1. Characterized by (great) number; numerous.

    In the Forum and along the Corso, the crowd congregated most : so numbersome and thickly wedged, it was with difficulty any made way.

    1854, Anne Boleyn, Anne Boleyn; or, The suppression of the religious houses, page 29
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    WEAVER STEPHEN soon enlightened me as to Mr. Knockey's meaning. "Things are getting very numbersome now, sir, — oncommon I call it."

    1886, Joseph Parker, Weaver Stephen, page 195

    Synonyms: many, multiple

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCharacterized by (great) number; numerous.

Origin

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Chicago

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