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How to pronounce voluminous

IPA transcription: [və'lumənəs]

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Adjective

  • large in volume or bulk

    “a voluminous skirt”

  • marked by repeated turns and bends

    “a tortuous road up the mountain”

    “winding roads are full of surprises”

    “had to steer the car down a twisty track”

  • large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)

    “she took copious notes”

    “a subject of voluminous legislation”

Usage examples

  • Maximus left a voluminous body of original writings and translations into Russian Church Slavonic.
  • He was a voluminous writer on economic and political questions.
  • Barth was a voluminous writer.
  • The composition in Gauri is very voluminous.
  • Maximus left a voluminous body of original writings and translations into Russian Church Slavonic.
  • Wolfe wrote voluminously and was greatly attached to each sentence he wrote.