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good-sized

good-sized adjective: of a reasonably large size.

Adjective

good-sized (comparative more good-sized, superlative most good-sized)

  1. (colloquial) Of a reasonably large size.
    • Gas and electric bills take a good-sized chunk of my salary.
    • So, when they came to a good sized farm house, Dorothy walked boldly up to the door and knocked.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Guardian of the Gate”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, pages 111–112
    Synonyms:
    good-size

Synonyms of good-sized

Forms of good-sized

comparativemore good-sized
superlativemost good-sized
alternative formgoodsized

Questions about good-sized

What does good-sized mean?
Good-sized means of a reasonably large size.
What part of speech is good-sized?
Good-sized is an adjective.

Words near good-sized in the dictionary

  1. good-nighted
  2. good-nighting
  3. good-nights
  4. good-o
  5. good-size
  6. good-sized
  7. good-tempered
  8. good-temperedly
  9. good-temperedness
  10. good-time
  11. good-time Charley

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