Both Uses of
comprehensive
in
A Christmas Carol
- The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!
Chpt 1 *comprehensive = entire (including everything)
- Gentlemen of the free-and-easy sort, who plume themselves on being acquainted with a move or two, and being usually equal to the time-of-day, express the wide range of their capacity for adventure by observing that they are good for anything from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter; between which opposite extremes, no doubt, there lies a tolerably wide and comprehensive range of subjects.
Chpt 3comprehensive = large in scope
Definition:
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(comprehensive) large in scope; or including everything or everything important