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[ adjective ] amounting to a large indefinite number
Examples "numerous times" "the family was numerous" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)His father , a professional engraver and an amateur landscape painter , took his sons on numerous hunting_expeditions , and imparted to them his knowledge and love of nature . It has been my privilege to paint with Roy_Mason on numerous occasions , mostly in the vicinity of Batavia . (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)His friends were numerous and their ties to him were strong . Electrical literature contained numerous references to lightning that had magnetized iron and had altered the polarity of compass needles . (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Interruptions came largely from the bench , which numerous times rebuked the Attorney_General for letting his witnesses run on , though it , too , made no serious effort to choke_off the flow . Related terms |
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