Synonyms for enormously


Grammar : Adv
Spell : ih-nawr-muhs
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnɔr məs

Top 10 synonyms for enormously Other synonyms for the word enormously

Définition of enormously

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin enormis "out of rule, irregular, shapeless, extraordinary, very large," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + norma "rule, norm" (see norm), with English -ous substituted for Latin -is.
  • Meaning "extraordinary in size" is attested from 1540s; original sense of "outrageous" is more clearly preserved in enormity. Earlier in same sense was enormyous (mid-15c.). Related: Enormously.
  • As in vastly : adv immensely
  • As in exceedingly : adv very; exceptionally
  • As in greatly : adv considerably
Example sentences :
  • He had been enormously relieved when his mother returned to Ireland.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "It is enormously important, I grant--enormously," he repeated, reflectively.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Their chariots, enormously outnumbered, were destroyed rather than defeated.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • The roads, however, abound in mud, and the streams are enormously swollen.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • Now, by the new device of boiling, the food-supply was enormously increased.
  • Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit
  • The Pasha tells me in confidence that he is enormously wealthy.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • Sarah's awe of Henry, always great, was enormously increased.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • The spectacle of that girl hobnobbing with Lennox had interested her enormously.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Every day's delay in its capture will enormously multiply your casualties.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • I thought that I was dancing a waltz with an enormously tall woman.
  • Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade

Antonyms for enormously

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