There is nothing light in its structure to relieve the massiveness of the building, and in this respect it forms a striking contrast to the Cathedral of Milan which appears the work of Sylphs.

There is a cimmerian massiveness about it; and on a dull day it looks quite bewildering.

SHOULDERSWell laid back and as free from massiveness as possible, though there is a decided tendency in this variety to such a fault.

He lacked some sense of symmetry and sought to achieve massiveness by crowding figures in a given space.

The architecture of Egypt, of which the principal forms are pyramids, sphinxes, obelisks, and temples, is characterized by massiveness of material, grandeur of proportion, and simplicity of partsa style well suited to its flat, sandy soil, though it would look heavy and out of place in a country where nature had herself supplied the elements of grandeur and massiveness in the form of lofty mountains or mighty forests.