Came across the word reading, and it just struck me - familiar as the word is - ‘immense’ is ‘not measurable’.
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Bigly!
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Re: Bigly!
Okay, I'm lost. I'm afraid I don't get what you're getting at here. Could you please elaborate?
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Re: Bigly!
What’s the mystery? I’m simply saying that ‘immense’ is one those words
we accept (well, I do, anyway) without ever wondering ‘whence?’
Once in a while, I have an interesting ideation of ‘thence!’
I’ve written similarly about ‘dilapidated’ and the relationship of ‘fashion’
to ‘fact’, ‘faction’, etc.
we accept (well, I do, anyway) without ever wondering ‘whence?’
Once in a while, I have an interesting ideation of ‘thence!’
I’ve written similarly about ‘dilapidated’ and the relationship of ‘fashion’
to ‘fact’, ‘faction’, etc.
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Re: Bigly!
I was thinking too specifically of the word Bigly, not the general concept.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
Re: Bigly!
Hi. It’s one of the ways I love to twit ‘El Naranjo’ (the former President), but it’s really a word!
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Re: Bigly!
Most English speakers use big strictly as an adjective and a phrase in a big way for the adverb or use a synonym largely. I can't think of a reason off the top of my head. But the same restriction applies to its antonyms little and small. The odd man out is largely.
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Thank you.
I should have been more thorough. The OED lists ‘bigly’ as an adjective - obsolete and of origin different from ‘big’.
Also as an adverb - rare - (< big adj. + -ly suffix), but with only
tenuously related meaning.
I should have been more thorough. The OED lists ‘bigly’ as an adjective - obsolete and of origin different from ‘big’.
Also as an adverb - rare - (< big adj. + -ly suffix), but with only
tenuously related meaning.
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