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magnified, on a large scale (Usage notes: Usually placed after the noun modified: Public behavior is merely private character writ large. • In the case of Malaysia, for instance, the regime depends not on "labour" writ large but specifically on the unorganised Malay masses. • It’s a future of even bigger government, even more regulation, higher taxes, and a national version of progressive campus politics — in short, California writ large. • Countries are just human beings writ large, and human beings, by and large, are a law-abiding bunch, because most of the time obeying those laws is convenient.  wiktionary.org); readily discerned, unmistakably indicated (Usage notes: Usually placed after the noun modified: "You don't want to live down there!" everybody said, with disapprobation writ large upon their faces. • Meantime the old salt ("ex-coasting skipper" was writ large all over his person) had hobbled up alongside in his bumpy, shiny boots. • Bestsellerdom is writ large for this novel, sure to be greeted with rave reviews. wiktionary.org); on a larger scale or in a more prominent manner (the problems of modern totalitarianism are only our own problems writ large merriam-webster.com); made more obvious or prominent (...the effect of his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features. • That desire is writ large across Stevens’s recent output. • The rural-urban divide is a reality writ large across much of the nation, a crucial dynamic as the Nov. 3 election approaches. vocabulary.com); clear and obvious (the unspoken question was writ large upon Rose's face lexico.com); in a stark or exaggerated form (Bribing people by way of tax allowances is the paternalistic state writ large. lexico.com); clear to almost anyone (Surprise was writ large on her face. macmillandictionary.com); if you say that something is writ large, you mean that it is very obvious (Musicals' successes or failures are writ large because of the money involved. collinsdictionary.com); if you say that one thing is another thing writ large, you mean that the first thing is a larger or more exaggerated version of the second thing (Her life was her personality writ large. collinsdictionary.com) |
