sizable
sizable
Definition
siz·able (sī′zə bəl)
adjective
quite large or bulky
siz′·able·ness noun
siz′·ably adverb
sizable
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- chunk: Some people own real estate now you can own a sizable chunk of ' The World ' !
- portion: Between them they cover a sizable portion of the city.
- proportion: A sizable proportion of the human genome has been manually annotated by the Havana group.
- minority: However, it is not just this sizable minority which needs homosexuality to be adequately covered.
- crowd: By lunchtime, the car parks were full and a sizable crowd were enjoying the unexpected sunshine.
- donation: Last week we recieved the amazing news that we have a sponsor who is going to make a sizable donation to the building!
Modifying Another Word
- fairly: The cashier at the photo developing shop told me that new parents comprised a fairly sizable chunk of their business.
- quite: East Kilbride became a new town and is now quite sizable.
- pretty: Whilst modern PCs tend to come equipped with pretty sizable hard drives, it is still all too easy to run out of room.
- still: Nevertheless there are still sizable numbers who believe IT is too difficult for them until they try.
- rather: Activision have just released this rather sizable patch for Elite Force II, which contains a long list of fixes.
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