All 7 Uses of

massive

in

A Tale of Two Cities

Deep ditches, double drawbridge, massive stone walls, eight great towers, cannon, muskets, fire and smoke.†
Chpt 2.21

massive = very large

Deep ditch, single drawbridge, massive stone walls, eight great towers, cannon, muskets, fire and smoke.†
Chpt 2.21 *

Cannon, muskets, fire and smoke; but, still the deep ditch, the single drawbridge, the massive stone walls, and the eight great towers.†
Chpt 2.21

Flashing weapons, blazing torches, smoking waggonloads of wet straw, hard work at neighbouring barricades in all directions, shrieks, volleys, execrations, bravery without stint, boom smash and rattle, and the furious sounding of the living sea; but, still the deep ditch, and the single drawbridge, and the massive stone walls, and the eight great towers, and still Defarge of the wine-shop at his gun, grown doubly hot by the service of Four fierce hours.†
Chpt 2.21

A white flag from within the fortress, and a parley—this dimly perceptible through the raging storm, nothing audible in it—suddenly the sea rose immeasurably wider and higher, and swept Defarge of the wine-shop over the lowered drawbridge, past the massive stone outer walls, in among the eight great towers surrendered!†
Chpt 2.21

Hemmed in here by the massive thickness of walls and arches, the storm within the fortress and without was only audible to them in a dull, subdued way, as if the noise out of which they had come had almost destroyed their sense of hearing.†
Chpt 2.21

The trees environing the old chateau, keeping its solitary state apart, moved in a rising wind, as though they threatened the pile of building massive and dark in the gloom.†
Chpt 2.23

Definition:

very large in size, number, or effect