All 3 Uses of
prodigious
in
Robinson Crusoe
- As for the other leopard, it made to shore, and ran with prodigious swiftness out of sight.†
- the prodigious quantity of snow
*prodigious = large amount (far beyond what is usual)
- _ Upon which, pulling off his boots, he claps on his pumps, and running after the monstrous beast, he called out, that he wanted to discourse with him, and then throwing stones on purpose to incense him, the beast turns about in fury, and, with prodigious strides, shuffles after him.†
Definition:
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(prodigious) enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree