colossally

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossally
Adverb
  • The present is extremely uninspiring, but the future is … well, maybe not bright, but at least mildly luminous.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • However, experts maintain that voter fraud remains extremely rare, with studies showing minimal evidence of noncitizen voting.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.
    Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Things that people think are morally abnormal – aberrant behavior, transgressions, violations of their most sacred values – are viewed as highly threatening and necessary to shut down, with force if necessary.
    Jen Cole Wright, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • An incredibly realistic short almond nail set that may just have your friends fooled.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
  • McIlroy came out incredibly hot, turning a two-shot deficit to Justin Rose into a three-shot lead in just over an hour.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The depth and availability of these metrics vary greatly between countries, meaning each country has its own unique methodology.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Also, the student population as a whole has greatly matured.
    Jeanne Rawdin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • To Graydon Carter, a founder and coeditor of Air Mail and former editor of Vanity Fair, all of this seems terribly unfair.
    Nathan King, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Something would have to go terribly wrong for the Yankees to give up on the 2025 season.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • There can be benefits, especially for people who know how to harness it: Becoming utterly immersed in something often stimulates an incredible amount of passion, creativity, and learning.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The 2010 La Questa Cabernet was also utterly amazing, showing worn leather, licorice, baker’s chocolate and a hint of amaro.
    Laura Ness, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Peters returns for the Manhattan Theatre Club’s fresh, surprising and very special Broadway production, following its run in Los Angeles.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Lennon, meanwhile, brought a very different perspective.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • And that’s one of the reasons Florida is here, too: the Gators’ frontcourt depth.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Foreign governments have been upping their travel warnings, too, especially for transgender travelers, to use one example.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Colossally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossally. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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