numbersome
English
Adjective
numbersome (comparative more numbersome, superlative most numbersome)
- Characterized by (great) number; numerous.
- 1854, Anne Boleyn, 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."
Synonyms
- many, multiple; see also Thesaurus:manifold
Translations
numerous — see numerous
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