vasty

[ vas-tee, vah-stee ]

adjective

, vast·i·er, vast·i·est.

1. vast; immense.

vasty

/ ˈvɑːstɪ /

adjective

1. an archaic or poetic word for vast

Word History and Origins

Origin of vasty¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; vast + -y ¹

Example Sentences

In this sense what we’re doing resembles a complex incantation, a calling of spirits from Shakespeare’s “vasty deep.”

From Seattle Times

Can Democrats call spirits from the vasty deep any more than Glendower could?

From Washington Post

In my favorite of her nonfiction works, “Familiar Spirits,” a brief memoir of her friends and Key West neighbors, James Merrill and David Jackson, Lurie writes in the concluding pages, “To conjure spirits from the vasty deep of one’s own mind is always dangerous.”

From Los Angeles Times

But in room after room, the vasty majority of the objects were mute and meaningless, and only those that somehow referenced other periods of tumult and decline spoke with clarity.

From Washington Post

This won’t be a huge deal for the vasty majority of Twitter users who access the service via the app or website.

From The Verge