grandness
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈɡrændnəs/
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grandeza
- The grandness of the palace left visitors in awe with its towering ceilings and ornate decorations.
- grandness of the space
Examples
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Cloud Atlas is one of the few one-of-a-kind cinematic experiences that capitalize on the grandness of a theater screen while hitting almost every emotional mark the medium has to offer.
Blog text (27) -
The grandness of the world lies before them, and they are deciding its fate and are humbled by the awfulness of it.
Fiction book (2000) -
I quickly realize that I am out of place in the grandness of it.
Fiction book (1996) -
There's a grandness to you.
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Just about makes me weep to see such grandness go to waste.
Blog text (27) -
Do not be exposed for the lack of knowledge of the complexity of it, the grandness of it, and what you're asking for.
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" And that vessel required a name befitting her grandness."
Fiction book (1992) -
It has the feel of a place whose grandness started to decline a long time ago, without much effort to reverse the trend.
Blog text (1) -
This model was not quite what Despommier wanted, though it had the kind of grandness to which he aspired.
Academic text (2011) -
He'd never been here before, and the grandness of it surprised him, although maybe it shouldn't have; everything about Bree Beaumont made an impression.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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4.5
Great beauty and size that make you feel respect
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4.3
Great beauty that looks impressive and rich
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4.4
A very beautiful and impressive appearance that makes something seem grand
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5.9
An impressive size or beauty that makes people admire it
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5.0
Great beauty that makes people feel impressed and full of wonder
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9.6
Great beauty or power that makes you feel deep respect and wonder
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7.2
A calm, serious, and impressive way of behaving or looking
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5.8
Great beauty or success that makes people admire something
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5.9
The quality that makes people feel admiration or wonder
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7.7
A quality that makes something seem large and important for a long time
A grand, impressive way of acting like a king or queen
Being very large or high in a way that feels impressive
How Grand
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word grandness comes from grand, an old French word meaning 'large' or 'great', and the same idea appears in grandeur or when we call a building 'grand' to mean very impressive. So, grandness is the quality of being large, impressive, or magnificent.