I. kənˈsidər(ə)bəl, -drəb-, rapid -R -dəb- adjective
( sometimes -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin considerabilis, from Latin considerare to consider + -abilis -able
1. obsolete
a. : capable of being perceived or understood : perceptible , cognizable
a considerable truth
b. : calling for consideration : requiring to be observed, borne in mind, or attended to : notable
a considerable testimony
2. : worthy of consideration : of consequence or distinction : important , significant
a series of rather considerable observations on human behavior
William Faulkner is … the most considerable 20th-century American writer of short fiction — William Peden
3.
a. : rather large in extent or degree
a considerable distance
a considerable number
he got in considerable trouble
b. : great in size : large
a house with a considerable barn in back
fingers, with a considerable diamond on one, a star sapphire on another — Glenway Wescott
II. noun
( -s )
1. obsolete : a thing to be considered
2. : a considerable amount, degree, or extent
learned considerable of his life
anything else the proprietor can get together and the public will stand for, which is considerable — W.L.Gresham
III. adverb
now dialect : considerably