Both Uses
formidable
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The Phantom of the Opera
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- And the figure of the masked man seemed all the more formidable in this old-fashioned, neat and trim little frame.†
Chpt 26 *formidable = intimidating or impressive
- Then, tired of his adventurous, formidable and monstrous life, he longed to be some one "like everybody else."†
Chpt Epil.
Definitions:
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(1)
(formidable) intimidating or impressive -- arousing fear or admiration due to impressiveness or challenge
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)