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Definition of Grandness

1. Noun. A prominent status. "A person of importance"

2. Noun. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.

3. Noun. The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand. "Advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

4. Noun. Splendid or imposing in size or appearance. "Impressed by the richness of the flora"

Definition of Grandness

1. n. Grandeur.

Definition of Grandness

1. Noun. The state of being grand ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grandness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandness

grandmommy grandmoms grandmother grandmother-in-law grandmotherhood grandmothering grandmotherless grandmotherly grandmothers grandmothers-in-law

grandmum grandmummies grandmums grandnephew grandnephews grandness (current term) grandnesses grandniece grandnieces grandog

grandpa grandpapa grandpapas grandpappies grandparent grandparental grandparenthood grandparents grandpas grandpaternal

Literary usage of Grandness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of Maryland by Convention, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Maryland (1887)
"power and grandness of faith that fired them. ... I charge you, brethren, to preach that grandness lovingly and boldly and constantly. ..."

2. Holbein and His Times by Alfred Woltmann, Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett (1872)
"None of these equalled the founder of the school in genius, profoundness, and grandness of style. Even Jan van Eyck, however important he may have been as a ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In order to prove to any one the grandness of this fabric of the world, one needs only bid him consider the sun with that insupportable glory and lustre ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"... suited to the grandness of the subject. A view of Colorado Springs, the home of the author, drawn by Moran, enriches the volume, which is of uniform ..."

5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1900)
"... in the great and growing commercial centers of this continent for the purposes of traffic and pleasure, the horse in the grandness of his proportions ..."

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