large order

Synonyms for large order

adj difficult, rigorous

adjective. difficult, rigorous

c.1200, "give order to, to arrange in order," from order (n.). Meaning "to give orders for or to" is from 1540s. Related: Ordered; ordering.

I don't mind the cowman, but the maiden lady is a large order.

It was a large order, for there were more than five acres of it.

So far as he could make out the painter's words, it seemed to him a large order.

I always have a large order to give to Johnson's, the day after a concert.'

"The whole ancient world," as the Americans would say, is a large order.

It was a large order for so young a girl, but she filled it.

Norton recognized that he had a large order before him to disable Braine.

This large order of mammals was once placed with the Primates.

"That was rather a large order," said the Rev. Mr. Jeffries.

"Something of a large order, my dear young lady," he muttered.