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numbersome

numbersome

English

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numbersome (comparative more numbersome, superlative most numbersome)

  1. Characterized by (great) number; numerous.
    • 1854, Boleyn Anne (consort of Henry viii, king of England.), Anne Boleyn; or, The suppression of the religious houses - Page 29:
      In the Forum and along the Corso, the crowd congregated most : so numbersome and thickly wedged, it was with difficulty any made way.
    • 1886, Joseph Parker, Weaver Stephen - Page 195:
      WEAVER STEPHEN soon enlightened me as to Mr. Knockey's meaning. "Things are getting very numbersome now, sir, — oncommon I call it."

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