enormously

adverb

enor·​mous·​ly i-ˈnȯr-məs-lē 

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: to a very great or enormous degree or extent : exceedingly, vastly

an enormously popular performer

an area of business that has grown enormously in recent years

an enormously complicated problem

Synonyms

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• 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
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of enormously in a Sentence

an enormously entertaining film

the neighbors have been enormously helpful during this difficult time

Recent Examples on the Web

Franke’s channel became enormously popular; as of June 2020, the channel had climbed to around 2.5 million subscribers. —Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025

Most insurers in Florida have similar arrangements, which are enormously lucrative for some executives who were the highest-paid in the nation in some years. —Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025

Our enabling equipment has become smaller and more versatile, and classical computing has become enormously quicker and more capable. —Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025

After Russia invaded Ukraine, neutral Finland and Sweden joined, an enormously important strategic shift. —Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above