All 4 Uses of
prodigious
in
Pride and Prejudice
- yes," said Elizabeth drily; "Mr. Darcy is uncommonly kind to Mr. Bingley, and takes a prodigious deal of care of him."†
p. 180.8 *
- I am prodigiously proud of him.†
p. 312.8prodigiously = enormously; or with a magnitude or degree that is far beyond what is usual
- I do think Mrs. Long is as good a creature as ever lived—and her nieces are very pretty behaved girls, and not at all handsome: I like them prodigiously.†
p. 323.7
- and her calling here was prodigiously civil!†
p. 339.8
Definition:
enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree