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prodigious

 adjective
     
pro‧di‧gious [usually before noun]
very large or great in a surprising or impressive way
prodigious amounts/quantities of something
Some galaxies seem to release prodigious amounts of energy.
the artist's prodigious output
—prodigiously adverb
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