Both Uses of
sonorous
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The immortal tune ended, a fine DD rolling forth from the bass-viol with the sonorousness of a cannonade, and Gabriel delayed his entry no longer.†
Chpt 34-36 *
- After midnight the voice of a clock seems to lose in breadth as much as in length, and to diminish its sonorousness to a thin falsetto.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(sonorous) full and deep sounding