tremendously

adverb

tre·​men·​dous·​ly tri-ˈmen-dəs-lē 

: to a great or tremendous extent : extremely

a tremendously important decision

a tremendously impressive performance

It was tremendously depressing for me to work there, and it happened that I was not enjoying going to work, so I requested a transfer.

—Sydney Lewis

In between is the real movie: the kinetic beauty of parkour, captured in tremendously enjoyable high-speed sequences that, once again, draw energy from the photogenic beauty of everyday New York City landscapes.

—Lisa Schwarzbaum

Synonyms

• astronomically
• big-time
• broadly
• colossally
• considerably
• enormously
• extensively
• greatly
• highly
• hugely
• largely
• massively
• monstrously
• monumentally
• much
• sizably
• staggeringly
• stupendously
• utterly
• vastly

Examples of tremendously in a Sentence

I'm tremendously upset I didn't get into that university

Recent Examples on the Web

Our methods have improved — from the stars and tarot cards to tremendously complex election forecasts. —Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025

And then also from data, which tells us that mental health, social health, these matter tremendously. —Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2025

His defensive identity, along with his normally strong shooting from distance could help the Warriors tremendously. —Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025

Whereas the $10 billion JWST is great at observing things like specific nebulas and relatively narrow but tremendously dimensional deep fields, SPHEREx is intended to image the entire sky as seen from Earth. —Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1669, in the meaning defined above