Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality of being splendid, magnificent, or imposing in appearance or scale: "Grandness" refers to impressive size, richness, or majesty.
   • Unusual largeness in size, extent, or number: "Grandness" can denote a state of being exceptionally large or extensive.
   • A prominent or important status: "Grandness" can refer to a position of high importance or distinction.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The grandness of the palace took our breath away. (The impressive scale and majesty of the palace amazed us.)
  • He was overwhelmed by the sheer grandness of the project's scope. (He was daunted by the unusually large extent of the project.)
  • She carried herself with an air of grandness. (She behaved with a manner suggesting important status.)

Advanced Usage

• "The grandness of the gesture": the impressive, noble, or large-scale quality of an action.
  • Despite the argument, the grandness of his apology was undeniable.
• "A feeling of grandness": a sense of importance, majesty, or scale.
  • Standing on the cliff, he felt a profound sense of grandness.

Variants and Related Words

• Grand (adj): magnificent and imposing in appearance, size, or style; of great importance or ambition.
  • They made a grand entrance.
• Grandeur (n): splendor and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style. (Often used interchangeably with "grandness" for the first definition).
  • The grandeur of the mountains is breathtaking.

Synonyms

• Magnificence: the quality of being impressively beautiful, elaborate, or extravagant.
• Splendor: magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur.
• Impressiveness: the quality of evoking admiration through size, quality, or skill.
• Largeness: the quality of being large in size, scope, or number.
• Importance: the state or fact of being of great significance or value.

Related Phrases

• "A sense of grandness": a perception or feeling of magnificence or importance.
  • The ceremony was conducted with a great sense of grandness.
• "Sheer grandness": used to emphasize the overwhelming quality of the magnificence or scale.
  • The sheer grandness of the cathedral's interior is unforgettable.

Related Idioms

• "Delusions of grandness": (A variant of "delusions of grandeur") A false belief in one's own importance, power, or identity.
  • His plans for dominating the industry were dismissed as delusions of grandness.

Noun

1. splendid or imposing in size or appearance
   • the grandness of the architecture
   • impressed by the richness of the flora
2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
   • for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
   • his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
   • it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
   • an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
   • advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
3. unusual largeness in size or extent or number
4. a prominent status
   • a person of importance