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Meanings of prodigious in English

Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.

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So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe.

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Of momentous or ominous significance.

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Examples for "portentous"
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But it was a portentous moment in Irish commercial and social history.
The Irish Times
2
The political aspects of the times were now portentous in the extreme.
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 / With Life, Critica...
3
The situations of the principal powers of Europe are singular and portentous.
State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006)
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But there is something portentous in the change in Chichester, said Malling.
The Dweller on the Threshold
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Such was the matter-of-fact manner in which the portentous news was announced.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 01
Usage of prodigious in English
1
Former diplomat, foreign minister, prodigious linguist, including Russian learned on military service.
Reuters
2
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Ebony
3
He arrived in Chicago in time for the prodigious procession of welcome.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900
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The essentially abandoned children are inarticulate and given to prodigious drug use.
Reuters
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The result on the audience was prodigious; Mr. Blyth alone sat unmoved.
Hide and Seek
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The energy of the man was prodigious; but his luck was sardonic.
Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 1.
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The immediate effect on the condition of the country was absolutely prodigious.
Endymion
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As with all great shrines, Hagia Sophia's prodigious size served two purposes.
Inferno
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What Foreman lacked in speed, he made up for with prodigious power.
The Guardian
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The stir and prodigious reach of London had appalled the young man.
In the Days of Poor Richard
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His care over the strength and soundness of the apparatus was prodigious.
Twelve Stories and a Dream
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By the most prodigious effort she regained control of her fleeing composure.
Jane Cable
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He has performed a prodigious amount of labor since they last met.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin...
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A prodigious gamble, so don't get your hopes up.' Another extended pause.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
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The effect of this reading upon the mind of Schiller was prodigious.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
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Off-road abilities are prodigious, as one would expect from a Land Rover.
The South African
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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United States of America
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