The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a country practitioner who does a great deal of his visiting on foot.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— notably large in size : HUGE
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Macmillan
— bigger or more than is usual
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Other Word Forms
greater
greatest
greats
Usage
26 uses of ‘great’ in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
55 uses of ‘great’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle