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# muchness

«muchness» in Mova's school dictionary: **Greatness in amount or size** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (muchness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old, rare) Greatness in amount or size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/#m1)

2) (phrase, UK) «Much of a muchness» means nearly the same, with little difference: «The two shops are much of a muchness.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In Alice in Wonderland, at the Mad Tea-Party the Dormouse talks of drawing «all manner of things — everything that begins with an M — such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness — you know you say things are "much of a muchness"». It is a joke: you cannot draw «muchness». Today the word is used almost only in the phrase.

### examples

- The two films were much of a muchness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/#x1)
- «Did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?» asked the Dormouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/#x2)
- Both pizzas are much of a muchness, so pick either. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/#x3)
- These tents are much of a muchness — buy the cheaper one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/#x4)
- The Dormouse listed things beginning with M, like muchness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/#x5)
- The teams were much of a muchness, so the match was close. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/#x6)

### note

Used almost only in «much of a muchness» (UK, informal). Uncountable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «muchness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muchness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.