The Only Use of
prodigious
in
Atlas Shrugged
- He spoke with a smooth, cheerful assurance; Rearden had the impression that it was the assurance of a cardsharp who has spent a prodigious effort in memorizing every possible variation of the pattern, and is now safe in the knowledge that every card in the deck is marked.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(prodigious) enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree