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immensely
adverb
im·mense·ly
i-ˈmen(t)s-lē
: to a very great or immense degree or extent : exceedingly, enormously
We enjoyed ourselves immensely.
an immensely talented athlete
an immensely important discovery
an immensely wealthy family
Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- 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 immensely in a Sentence
an immensely successful debut album
Recent Examples on the Web
Marketplaces and auction houses have become immensely popular.
—Michael Gargiulo, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Similarly, a majority of immigrants contribute immensely to both local and federal taxes and to their communities but have no voting rights.
—Tausif Sanzum, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Thankfully, Black Ops 6’s campaign is immensely more fulfilling than recent ones.
—Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
This show is immensely silly, sunny fun, and the whole thing is refreshingly low stress, even if this one cruise ship is the site of more than enough emergencies to hold its own in ABC’s Thursday-night block, sandwiched between 9-1-1 and Grey’s Anatomy.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined above
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“Immensely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immensely. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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