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bigly

bigly

1 9.6
Large in size and often used in a joking way
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɪɡli/
  • Informal
translation icon : enormemente
  • The company made a bigly investment in new technology this year.

Examples

  • He wore a bigly hat that drew everyone's attention at the party.

  • They moved into a bigly house with high ceilings and wide windows last spring.

  • The elephant is bigly compared to other animals.

  • They built a bigly house on the hill.

  • The elephant is a bigly animal, well-known for its size and strength.

  • Her bigly ideas about environmental conservation got everyone's attention.

  • After the renovation, the living room felt bigly compared to its old, cramped layout.

Synonyms

awfully
vsbigly
351 1.4

To show strong feeling or degree

centres on actual largeness and carries playful nonstandard usage
hugely
vsbigly
84 2.1

To a very great degree

is like this but stresses size and adds a humorous nonstandard feel
massively
vsbigly
47 3.4

To a great degree

is more playful and nonstandard rather than serious or literal scale
monumentally
vsbigly
8 4.4

Says that something is extremely large, important, or impressive

is more casual and joking, not formal or solemnly impressive
inordinately
vsbigly
  • Formal
7 7.5

To a much greater degree than is normal

is more neutral and playful about size rather than excess with judgment
majorly
vsbigly
  • Informal
6 7.4

To a very large degree

focuses more on size and has a humorous nonstandard flavour
awesomely
vsbigly
  • Informal
5 5.4

To make a describing word much stronger

emphasizes physical largeness with a joking or nonstandard tone instead
colossally
vsbigly
3 5.8

To a very large degree

is less dramatic and more casual or humorous in tone
gigantically
vsbigly
1 3.7

In a very large and clearly visible way

is often used playfully and nonstandardly rather than strictly literal
muchly
vsbigly
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To mean very much in old or playful English

is similar but highlights large physical size with playful nonstandard tone
whoppingly
vsbigly
  • Informal
7.8

To a very large degree

is equally informal but leans more toward playful nonstandard usage
heftily
vsbigly
4.5

By a large amount

is more playful and nonstandard than this neutral substantial sense

Antonyms

1.0

Not large in size or amount

How Big

huge
1.0
bigly
  • Informal
1 9.6
big
1.0
medium
162 1.3
small
2 1.1

Surface Forms

bigly positive

Morphology

bigly = big (semi-transparent) = big + ly

The word is visibly built from big + -ly, but the adjectival use is nonstandard and humorous rather than a regular English derivation.

Etymology

Bigly is simply big ('large') plus the common ending -ly, and people often use it in a playful or nonstandard way to say something is very large or important.