forty-leven

forty-leven
Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

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  • forty-leven — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: forty + leven, short for eleven dialect : extremely numerous : innumerable asked forty leven questions …   Useful english dictionary

  • innumerable — adj many, very many, myriad, untold, Inf. umpteen, Sl. skaty eight, Sl. forty leven, Inf. more than one could shake a stick at, more than one can count; numberless, unnumbered, countless, infinite, incomputable, incalculable …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • numberless — adj innumerable, countless, numerous, numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, numerous as the stars in the Milky Way; many, myriad, untold, multitudinous; multifold, multiple, multiplied, Inf. umpteen, Sl. skaty eight, Sl. forty leven,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • numerous — adj many, very many, ever so many, myriad, sundry, divers, several, quite a few; various, manifold, multifarious; multitudinous, innumerable, numberless, countless, untold, Inf. umpteen, Sl. skaty eight, Sl. forty leven, Inf. more than one could… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • untold — adj 1. unrelated, unnarrated, unrecount ed; unmentioned, unstated, unsaid, unspoken, unexpressed; unimparted, unrevealed, undivulged, undisclosed, unreported, unpublished; unknown, secret, private, hidden. 2. uncounted, unnumbered, unenumerated,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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