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Definition
intimidating or impressive — arousing fear or admiration due to impressiveness or challenge
- The dinner was a somewhat formidable business.Chapter 8 (38% in)
- He was impressed by this light way of speaking of the formidable Catherine, and moved by the thought of what must have given Madame Olenska this thirst for even the loneliest kind of freedom.Chapter 9 (73% in)
There are no more uses of "formidable" in The Age of Innocence.
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