enormously
adverb
enor·mous·ly
i-ˈnȯr-məs-lē 
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: to a very great or enormous degree or extent : exceedingly, vastly
an enormously popular performer
an area of business that has grown enormously in recent years
an enormously complicated problem
Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of enormously in a Sentence
an enormously entertaining film
the neighbors have been enormously helpful during this difficult time
Recent Examples on the Web
Tom is the author of 18 works of fiction, non-fiction, drama and translation, including his enormously successful trilogy of books about the Roman Empire: Rubicon, Dynasty and Pax.
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Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The focus on upholding norms has been especially frustrating to members of the populist left, who say Democrats' cultural elitism cost them enormously with working-class voters.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Lebanon has suffered enormously, but this was not the result of a decision made by the Lebanese government but by Hezbollah and probably Iran to start a war on the day after Hamas attacked Israel.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Israel has succeeded in weakening Hamas’s military forces and infrastructure enormously, marking a major psychological and tactical achievement with the killing of Hamas’s chief leader Yahya Sinwar last month.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
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Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The focus on upholding norms has been especially frustrating to members of the populist left, who say Democrats' cultural elitism cost them enormously with working-class voters.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Lebanon has suffered enormously, but this was not the result of a decision made by the Lebanese government but by Hezbollah and probably Iran to start a war on the day after Hamas attacked Israel.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Israel has succeeded in weakening Hamas’s military forces and infrastructure enormously, marking a major psychological and tactical achievement with the killing of Hamas’s chief leader Yahya Sinwar last month.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Enormously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enormously. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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