enormously

adverb

enor·​mous·​ly i-ˈnȯr-məs-lē How to pronounce enormously (audio)
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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

Examples of enormously in a Sentence

an enormously entertaining film the neighbors have been enormously helpful during this difficult time
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Prime numbers in this book are an enormously fun plot device within a book about a kid with a math obsession. Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Russia needs men, and North Korea is possibly the only country that can afford in a political sense to send its own people to fight in a war that has been marked by an enormously high casualty rate on the Russian side. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 Which makes the stakes for Slingshot AI’s Ash enormously high. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2025 This uncomfortable symptom happens without warning and can be enormously disruptive and embarrassing, as Berry described. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enormously

Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of enormously was in 1668

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“Enormously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enormously. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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