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
Mass resignations now, in the midst of filing season, could be enormously disruptive to the agency and to filers.
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2025
Tesla’s stock price has benefited enormously from Musk’s relationship with Trump, climbing 104% over the past 12 months, much of which was added in the weeks following election day.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
His current employer, GEO Group, runs 50 detention facilities around the country, including three in Florida, and is positioned to benefit enormously from President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy of deporting millions of immigrants.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
Looming over all these interactions is the fact that social mobility is enormously difficult in China.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2025
Tesla’s stock price has benefited enormously from Musk’s relationship with Trump, climbing 104% over the past 12 months, much of which was added in the weeks following election day.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
His current employer, GEO Group, runs 50 detention facilities around the country, including three in Florida, and is positioned to benefit enormously from President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy of deporting millions of immigrants.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
Looming over all these interactions is the fact that social mobility is enormously difficult in China.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Enormously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enormously. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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