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Definition of Beyond measure
1. Adverb. In excess or without limit. "Amazed beyond measure"
Definition of Beyond measure
1. Adjective. Very large; great; huge. ¹
2. Adverb. To a great extent or degree; very. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beyond Measure
Literary usage of Beyond measure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1836)
"... and discreet otherwise, but in this their madness and folly breaks out beyond
measure, ... beyond measure ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"He was beyond measure condescending and riety, and suffered in the succeeding
reign, when i courteous, ..."
3. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1838)
"which has been assented to for many years, . . the college of Maynooth alone
will, if not checked, increase beyond measure the Roman Catholic body. ..."
4. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"... had created him an abbat; for he declared that he had beyond measure impoverished
the house of Westminster, and injured and oppressed the convent. ..."
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