All 3 Uses of
prodigious
in
Brave New World
- By which time the original egg was in a fair way to becoming anything from eight to ninety-six embryos– a prodigious improvement, you will agree, on nature.†
p. 7..2 *
- The noise of that prodigious slap by which her departure was accelerated was like a pistol shot.†
p. 195..1
- And seizing the reporter by the shoulder, he spun him round (the young man revealed himself invitingly well-covered), aimed and, with all the force and accuracy of a champion foot-and-mouth-baller, delivered a most prodigious kick.†
p. 250..6
Definition:
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(prodigious) enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree