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prodigious

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1. prodigious - Adjective

2. prodigious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.

Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. Mark Twain

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still. E. E. Cummings

Hitler is a prodigious genius. David Lloyd George

If you have any helpful suggestions I'd be pleased to hear them. If all you can do is make snide insinuations then it would probably benefit all concerned if you bestowed the fruits of your prodigious wit on someone with the spare time to give them the consideration they doubtless deserve. Iain Banks

Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dalí. Salvador Dalí

Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England! Samuel Johnson

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