vastness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   unusual largeness in size or extent or number

   The vastness of the universe is astounding.

2. 2
   noun

   The quality of being vast.

   He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.

3. 3
   noun

   Something vast.

   He had a feeling that he was lost in the vastness of a huge forest.

From vast + -ness.

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