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The quality or state of being vast.

give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.

ort intervals; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.

mmond. The industry of science at once certifies and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation. I. Taylor.

The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. Milton.

The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness. Lost in the wilds of vast immensity. Blackmore. The immensity of the material system. I. Taylor.

odigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness.

Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. Shak. All the space . . . was one sea of heads. Macaulay.

Vastness; immensity. [Obs.] "All the world's vastidity." Shak.

Vastness; immense extent. [R.]

Vastness. [Obs.] The huge vastity of the world. Holland.