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
The former British colony’s sugarcane plantation system profited enormously from enslaving Black people for centuries.
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Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
How did Trump’s first term affect that dynamic? Since 2016, bilateral trade between China and Mexico increased enormously.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Not that there’s really much connection to the Scottish author’s most famous character, who first appeared in print 123 years ago, growing enormously popular in subsequent stage and screen incarnations.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
The hardest year is the one after the first child is born, when roles, responsibilities, and needs shift enormously.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
How did Trump’s first term affect that dynamic? Since 2016, bilateral trade between China and Mexico increased enormously.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Not that there’s really much connection to the Scottish author’s most famous character, who first appeared in print 123 years ago, growing enormously popular in subsequent stage and screen incarnations.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
The hardest year is the one after the first child is born, when roles, responsibilities, and needs shift enormously.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Enormously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enormously. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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