sizable
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪzəbəl/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English size Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sizable From size + -able.
- Fairly large.
“He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.”
“A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.”