— massively , adv. — massiveness, massivity , n.
/mas"iv/ , adj.
1. consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
2. large and heavy-looking: a massive forehead.
3. large in scale, amount, or degree: a massive breakdown in communications; massive reductions in spending.
4. solid or substantial; great or imposing: massive erudition.
5. Mineral. having no outward crystal form, although sometimes crystalline in internal structure.
[ 1375-1425; late ME (see MASS, -IVE); r. ME massif ]