Regard as skilful and substantial

Usage examples of considerable.

In Ottawa, meanwhile, the press reports coming back 324 Exercise of Power from Accra were causing considerable excitement.

His aggressive appearance was further enhanced by a trait common among achondroplastic dwarfs: because their tubular bones are shortened, their muscle mass is concentrated, creating an impression of considerable strength.

In the days that followed, Adams spent considerable time with the daring young Scottish-American naval officer, John Paul Jones, who was fitting out an old French merchantman that he had renamed the Bon Homme Richard.

So to a considerable degree Adams was preaching what had become accepted doctrine at home.

Christmas morning dawned clear and bright, and Adams succeeded in rousing his philosophy to a considerable degree.

It does not seem that the acquaintance thus opened with the Addisonians ripened very rapidly, or led to any considerable results.

Palace of the Memory of the People itself, something for which your department, my dear Aedile, must take a considerable part of the blame.

Tom interrupted to remark that Wings Dedham had a considerable reputation in experimental radio and electrical aids to flying.

There was also considerable movement: the Blackfoot and Cheyenne, for example, began as eastern seaboard Indians, members of the Algonquian family, before pushing west into the plains.

I have promised Sir Alured that Everett, as his heir, should have the use of a considerable portion of his share without waiting for my death.

Gifts of gold and silver, considerable sums of money collected by a wandering preacher, who pretended to be Amphibalus, restored to life, were all consumed.

Indeed, it is only after considerable time that we realise that this man speaking with the enthusiasm of a black magician is discussing the ability of Andrias to perceive colours and his ability to distinguish various shades.

November 4, which was a Sunday, we made several extended tours with the Anglos of Cortez, and they showed us their plans for a ceremony at Four Corners, a bleak point in the desert but a place with considerable emotional appeal.

The Angoni having been subdued, and the British South Africa Company having also quelled the turbulent Awemba and Bashukulumbwe, there is a reasonable hope of the country enjoying a settled peace and considerable prosperity.

The skeleton of Simore, preserved in Paris, is remarkable for the ankylosis of all the articulations and the considerable size of all the nails.