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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
Human vocabulary might become immensely simpler and more formulaic if generative AI frequently reinforces particular words and downplays other words.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
There is also the issue of Europe's future security architecture, an immensely complex subject, that requires broad multilateral agreement and cannot be negotiated in 12 months.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
In these immensely enjoyable and unpredictable montages, Coover tries to capture the entirety of the 1950s, depicting the decade as a battle between Uncle Sam (the United States) and the Phantom (Soviet communism), one that is waged on a landscape of mass media and pop culture.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Imgur's event followed the same fate as the immensely popular RedditGifts, which Reddit ended in 2021.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Dec. 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 6 Jan. 2025.
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