monumental

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.

What does monumental rectitude mean? — Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools: Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists, Unknown
H. Dennany, monumental builder and sculptor. — Ulysses, James Joyce
Yet it was monumental in its homeliness. — The Prairie Mother, Arthur Stringer

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