1. considerable - Noun
2. considerable - Adjective
Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.
Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.
Of importance or value.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable. Edward R. Murrow
No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. Eric Hoffer
The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. Edmund Burke
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Jane Austen
Regrets are like a child, They come some considerable time after event. Swahili Proverb