Definition of Too large

1. Adjective. Excessively large.

Exact synonyms: Overlarge
Similar to: Big, Large

Lexicographical Neighbors of Too Large

tonus
tonuses
tony
too
too-careful
too-generous
too-greedy
too bad
too bad, so sad
too big for one's boots
too big for one's breeches
too big for one's britches
too big to fail
too clever by half
too hot to hold
too large (current term)
too little
too little, too late
too many cooks spoil the broth
too much
too much(p)
too much bed makes a dull head
too much information
too much of a good thing
too posh to push
too rich for one's blood
too soon
tooart
tooarts
toodeloo

Literary usage of Too large

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

1. The History of Banking in America: With an Inquiry how Far the Banking by James William Gilbart (1837)
"On the other hand there is an evil in a bank having too large a capital. In this case, as the capital cannot be employed in the business, the directors are ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1860)
"... TO ТИК ATLANTIC—CONTRACTION—DECREASED QUANTITY—IMPORTS too large— ... too Large ..."

3. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen, Samuel Williston (1895)
"As to traverses which have been held not too large, see Wilkins p. Boutcher, 2 Scott's XR 425; 1 Dowl. NS 47S. Palmer v. Gooden, 8 M. & W. 890. [Powell r. ..."

4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural TasteGardening (1852)
"... enough for the friends one wishes to entertain for three months of the year, is to have a house which, for nine months of the year, is much too large. ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"... more than 400000000 kilogrammes of paper a year.— Translated for The Popular Science Monthly from Dah-eim. ARE BUSINESS PROFITS too large? BY JB MANN. ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Were not a hide of land too large for a slave to hold, I should have thought the expression meant that the slave should forfeit the land he held, ..."

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