"ഗണ്യമായത്" എന്ന വാക്കിന്റെ നിഘണ്ടു അർത്ഥം വലിപ്പം, വ്യാപ്തി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ബിരുദം എന്നിവയിൽ വളരെ വലുതോ പ്രാധാന്യമുള്ളതോ ആണ്. ശ്രദ്ധയ്ക്കോ ചിന്തയ്ക്കോ യോഗ്യമായ ഒന്നിനെയോ പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ടതോ ശ്രദ്ധേയമായതോ ആയ ഒന്നിനെയും ഇത് സൂചിപ്പിക്കാം. വാക്യങ്ങളിൽ ഇത് എങ്ങനെ ഉപയോഗിക്കാമെന്നതിന്റെ ഉദാഹരണങ്ങൾ ഇവയാണ്:
1. Lach was a devout follower of the god, ever aware of the favor Cearus had shown him by gifting him with such considerable Adept abilities.
2. Everything he had learned about her so far had pointed to her considerable skills at deception.
3. House Staerleigh presumably stands to lose considerable amounts of gold if the captain remains at home.
4. In the enclave she had no choice but to tail her father over the cobbled streets, keeping to the shadows and maintaining a considerable distance so as to avoid detection.
5. A considerable portion of India is still free from British authority and there are certain ferocious rajahs in the interior who are absolutely independent.
6. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant.
7. He would feel considerable pain, but he would recover more quickly than the others.
8. The only other person I spent any considerable time with at the camp was the bandit named Blake, whom I remembered from the wagon ride to the encampment.
9. A large stone bridge spanned a considerable moat that surrounded our destination.
10. After considerable fumbling through larger pieces, his hand finally closed on a small diamond pin that he used to hold his necktie in place.