elephantine

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Adjective elephantine has 1 sense

elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"
Antonyms: small, little (indirect, via large, big)
Antonyms: small, little (indirect, via large, big)

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Elephantine

Definition:

Adjective

1. Resembling or characteristic of an elephant in size, shape, or strength.

2. Clumsy, slow, or awkward.

Examples:

Example 1:

The elephantine creature, with its massive body and powerful trunk, moved gracefully through the savannah.

Example 2:

Her elephantine footsteps echoed through the corridor, announcing her arrival long before she appeared.

Example 3:

After the surgery, his movements were temporarily elephantine, but he quickly regained his agility.

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