considerable

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) used adverbially for very, is a common vulgarism.


A body has to stir about considerable smart in this country, to make a livin', I tell you.--Sam Slick in England, ch. 6.

2) This word is frequently used in the following manner in the Northern States, "He is considerable of a surveyor;" "Considerable of it may be found in the country."--Pickering.

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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