Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VAST'NESS
VAST'NESS, n.
- Great extent; immensity; as, the vastness of the ocean or of space.
- Immense bulk and extent; as, the vastness of a mountain.
- Immense magnitude or amount; as, the vastness of an army, or of the sums of money necessary to support it.
- Immense importance.
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