sizeable

UK/ˈsaɪzəbəl/US/ˈsaɪzəbəl/

adjectiveB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #11,906 of 15,258leans written

Sizeable means fairly large. A sizeable crowd, a sizeable sum, sizeable losses.

It is deliberately vague — sizeable says large enough to matter without saying how large, which is why it appears in reporting when the writer does not have a number. The spelling sizable without the e is also correct and commoner in America.

Definitions of sizeable

1adjectivesizeableFairly large.B2+
“She inherited a sizeable sum from her aunt and used it to buy a flat.”

sizeable is a quality of size.

Also accepted in games: sizable

Where it comes from

sizable comes from size + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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sizeable in the wild

Even so, smaller municipalities away from the bigger cities gave the red-green bloc a sizeable edge, with the Left Party getting into double-digits nationwide.
1998 Swedish general election
Oshikundu can be served with porridge to bolster its flavor and nutritional content in the absence of sizeable foods.
Oshikundu
There is also a sizeable Chinese minority, involved in running many of the shops in downtown Kunak as well as the planting of oil palms in the outskirts.
Kunak
Due to the sizeable losses of their coalition, the net difference between the blocs was 53, with the red-greens making up 201 and the blue parties 148.
1994 Swedish general election
Kolodong contains some agricultural land, a small residential area and a sizeable industrial area.
Kolodong, New South Wales

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