Meaning of giantly | Babel Free

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Characteristic to, resembling, or relating to a giant or giants; giantlike.

Examples

“What meanes this deuiliſh ſhepheard to aſpire With ſuch a giantly preſumption. To caſt vp hils againſt the face⟳ of heauen: And dare the force⟳ of angry Iupiter.”

“Ten of the twelve sent to spie out the land⟳, by speaking ill of the country, and the barrennesse thereof, and withall, magnifying the cities for their strength, and the giantly stature of the men therein; disheartened the people from marching any further towards it.”

“Hard by was a formidable race⟳ of savages inhabiting the gentle region watered by the Susquehanna, of whom the following mention⟳ is made by Master Hariot in his excellent history: – "The Susquesahanocks are a giantly people, strange in proportion, behaviour, and attire – [...]”

“There may be a giant sea-liner feeling its way down to the sea and it would be a very awkward obstruction, even for the giantliest of giant air liners.”

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