Definition of Size of it

1. Noun. The actual state of affairs. "She hates me, that's about the size of it"

Exact synonyms: Size
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Situation, State Of Affairs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Size Of It

sixty cycle hum
sixtyfold
sixtyish
sizable
sizableness
sizablenesses
sizably
sizar
sizars
sizarship
sizarships
size
size-zero
size constancy
size of it (current term)
size perception
size stick
size up
size zero
sizeable
sizeableness
sizeably
sized
sizeism
sizeisms
sizeist
sizeists
sizel

Literary usage of Size of it

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1815)
"... we know its energy; but the quantity of any particular organ depends upon its size, consequently its energy must depend upon the size of it likewise. ..."

2. Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a by George John Romanes, Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1895)
"... of selection complexity of structure degenerates more rapidly—and also more thoroughly—than size of it. This, of course, is what Mr. Gallon and I should ..."

3. Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a by George John Romanes, Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1895)
"... to show the general rule, that under cessation of selection complexity of structure degenerates more rapidly—and also more thoroughly—than size of it. ..."

4. Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a by George John Romanes, Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1895)
"... to show the general rule, that under cessation of selection complexity of structure degenerates more rapidly—and also more thoroughly—than size of it. ..."

5. Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a by George John Romanes (1895)
"... to show the general rule, that under cessation of selection complexity of structure degenerates more rapidly—and also more thoroughly—than size of it. ..."

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