: to a very great or vast degree or extent : exceedingly
two people with vastly different tastes
a vastly more powerful bomb
But bluff and bravado … won against potential enemies who vastly outnumbered him.—
David Gilmour
David GilmourIt was the most eclectic—yet also vastly entertaining—evening of dance I have seen in a long time.—Rita Felciano
Rita FelcianoSynonyms
- 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
- 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
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of vastly in a Sentence
the team has vastly improved in the course of the season
vastly underestimated the cost of advertising the new product
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All these vastly different white people had distinct cultures.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025
Compared to a similar product like the vastly superior Sony CRE-C20 aids at the same price, the calculus should be plainly obvious.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2025
However, Gerasimov's claim is not in line with credible analysis, which indicates that Russian casualties vastly outstrip Ukraine's.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Those numbers are likely vastly underreported, said Erin West, who retired after 26 years as deputy district attorney in Santa Clara County, California, including eight years prosecuting high-tech crime.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025
Compared to a similar product like the vastly superior Sony CRE-C20 aids at the same price, the calculus should be plainly obvious.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2025
However, Gerasimov's claim is not in line with credible analysis, which indicates that Russian casualties vastly outstrip Ukraine's.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Those numbers are likely vastly underreported, said Erin West, who retired after 26 years as deputy district attorney in Santa Clara County, California, including eight years prosecuting high-tech crime.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for vastly
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“Vastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vastly. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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