sizable

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Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English sizable

    From size + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪzəbəl/
    • Audio (General American):(file)

    Adjective

    sizable (comparative more sizable, superlative most sizable)

    1. Fairly large.
      He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.
      • 2015 December, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here's Why We Need to Save Them.”, in National Geographic‎[1], archived from the original on 13 December 2015:
        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.

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