Both Uses of
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Looking for Alaska
- Last Thanksgiving, I spent the whole time constructing one massive candle using the wax from all my little candles.†
p. 83.2 *massive = very large
- For a moment, I thought, It's massively unwise to throw lit cigarettes around a barn full of hay, but then the moment of caution passed, and I just made a sincere effort not to flick ash onto any hay.†
p. 118.9massively = enormously
Definitions:
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(massive) very large in size, number, or effect
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In geology, massive can refer to a type of rock rather than the size of a rock.