grand-scale

[ grand-skeyl ]

adjective

1. of large proportion, extent, magnitude, etc.:

   grand-scale efforts; a grand-scale approach.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grand-scale¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

But obida does not have to occur on a grand scale to produce uncomfortable repercussions.

From The Daily Beast

An impressive grand-scale set was constructed complete with a waterfall as the backdrop.

From The Daily Beast

This is action on a grand scale that, despite its grittiness and naturalism, boasts very high production values.

From The Daily Beast

LBJ and Bundy, the Yale-educated Harvard professor, got it wrong on a grand scale.

From The Daily Beast

There was no sense of intimacy or the personal in this presentation, which was on such a grand scale.

From The Daily Beast

Aber Jeder will grossartig spielen heutzutage (But everybody wants to play on a grand scale now-a-days).

From Project Gutenberg

These pumping engines were made on such a grand scale that they lifted over sixty tuns of water at every stroke.

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"Monsieur Deschars does things on a grand scale," replies Adolphe, taking refuge in a jest.

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He was willing to risk fifty thousand ducats in the adventure, which was to be conducted on a grand scale.

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But there had been no pitched battle on a grand scale; and it had even begun to seem that there never would be.

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