extensively

adverb

Definition of extensivelynext
as in highly
to a large extent or degree several beaches were extensively damaged by the hurricane

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extensively
  1. highly
  2. greatly
  3. much
  4. significantly
  5. utterly
Adverb
  • Childish Literature, in contrast, is a highly curious book.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Speaking of highly flammable: the lithium-ion batteries inside some Anker power banks (models A1642, A1647, and A1652) were found to overheat, explode, catch fire, and scald your hands.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • Everyone who had the good fortune to know Lee Edwards will long remember and greatly miss the conservative movement’s memory bank.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The vestibular movements were what was greatly affected.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of greatly
Adverb
  • Park View Middle School was originally built as a high school in 1956, and has not been updated much since then.
    Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The technology — which officially turned 35 on Dec. 12 — has come a long way, with criminals now able to spin up ransomware much faster and deploy it across multiple targets.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of much
Adverb
  • These claims and, more significantly, the theme itself require audiences to indulge in collective amnesia because, of course, this is not the first time that art and science have come together.
    Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Over 90% of your genes are edited through this mechanism, which has turned out to be significantly more complicated than previously thought.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of significantly
Adverb
  • Indiana trailed Notre Dame by a score of 17-3 in an utterly dominant first half from the Fighting Irish.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • As of this writing, two months past Robert Caro’s 88th birthday, the fifth and concluding volume of this magisterial, utterly necessary biography is still unpublished.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of utterly
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