1
as in extremely
to a great degree
after reading all the praise from critics, I found the play to be colossally disappointing
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2
as in highly
to a large extent or degree
the most colossally rude person she had ever met
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossally
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Dern’s casting as Hank's mom was extremely meaningful to Butler, whose mother Lori died of cancer in 2014.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025 -
Having a healthy Parsons ready to rock for the team's matchup against the Lions will be extremely important.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Still, these businesses work to maintain complex supply chains with multiple suppliers, which is both time consuming and highly manual.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Aug. 2025
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Along with affordable exotics, young collectors are also paying up for supercars, especially rare and highly specific Paganis, Bugattis and Rufs, the boutique German builder.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Short n’ Sweet, but anticipation for her next project is incredibly high.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Photo: Levi Kelly A house this small needs to be incredibly efficient.—
Levi Kelly,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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Remember what’s considered attractive is very subjective and greatly shaped by what’s seen in entertainment and various types of media.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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By the looks of it, news of rock music’s slow and painful death under ever-widening pop hegemony is greatly exaggerated.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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But dashing from one building to another for meetings wasn’t a terribly efficient way of working.—
Dana Thomas,
Architectural Digest,
18 Aug. 2025
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But something went terribly wrong when, about nine years ago, David was out on a mission ordered by Juno: and he and his team were ambushed.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
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And Just Like That left us with felt, sadly and utterly disappointingly, far more one-dimensional.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Kudos to Kan-Kan for making movie-going utterly pleasant.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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Except for very special occasions, videos longer than a few seconds are much less likely to be re-watched or shared.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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There will also be fun for the kids in their very own Kids Fun Zone.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
31 Aug. 2025
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Parsons, citing a back injury, refrained from practicing and might have been willing to insist he was too hurt to play once the real games began.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Fever's injury report got a little bit shorter, too, as Chloe Bibby is off the report.—
Chloe Peterson,
IndyStar,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Colossally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossally. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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