monumentally

adverb

Definition of monumentallynext
as in highly
to a large extent or degree your parents will be monumentally disappointed if you don't go to college

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monumentally
  1. highly
  2. greatly
  3. utterly
  4. much
Adverb
  • Fertilizers applied just before a downpour are highly susceptible to runoff, and the nutrients will likely be carried away before benefiting plants.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The semiconductor supply chain is highly vulnerable to shocks, and concerned governments have lobbied TSMC to move more production away from Taiwan.
    AFP, Fortune Asia, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • Its openness to other countries also greatly increased, with China now allowing citizens from 58 destinations to visit visa-free — half of which were added in the past year — according to the Henley Openness Index.
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Knowing that support for non-medical needs could greatly improve patients’ quality of life, Dempsey and his siblings, Mary Dempsey and Alicia Hatten, founded the Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing in 2008.
    Rachel Murphy, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of greatly
Adverb
  • With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • To the utterly vanquished and frequently mocked 3-14 Cleveland Browns goes the second pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
    Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of utterly
Adverb
  • There is, nevertheless, another way to secure our vital security interests in the vast island nation that is much more realistic: signing a Compact of Free Association (COFA).
    Henry Olsen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2025
  • While replacing a window may be more expensive up front than a temporary solution, modern windows are much more energy efficient than older ones, saving you money (and effort) in the long run.
    Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of much
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