Sentence:  A dear , respected friend of mine , who like myself grew up in the South and has spent <WSD>many</WSD> years in New England , said to me not long ago : `` I can n't forgive New England for rejecting all complicity '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number