tall

• I expect we shall have a dangerous tussle, for they are not the class of men to give in quietly CHAPTER V.--A VALUABLE FIND IN THE TEMPLE OF ATLAS It's what I call a tall order, Burton," exclaimed Tom Ellison, who, with the Doctor, had been listening to the police officer's plan to raid the Cave of Hydas I am glad you turned up before eight o'clock, Burton, for it would be difficult to enter the cave and find our way about without your guidance. —  Adventures in Many Lands
• You see him now--tall, straight, and meagre, but with a grim dignity in his air which warms into benignity as he inspects a pretty little clean Elzevir, or a tall portly Stephens, concluding his inward estimate of the prize with a peculiar grunting chuckle, known by the initiated to be an important announcement. —  The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
• He is a man with a presence--tall, and a little portly, with a handsome pleasant countenance looking hospitality and kindliness towards friends, and a quiet but not easily solvable reserve towards the rest of the world. —  The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
• It was the face and figure of a man--tall, gaunt and worn Now, good reader, as Lumley said (without very good authority!) —  The Big Otter
• Yes--tall, surely,--a brunette, too, like most of those Russians. —  High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the Same Context

Word Family