bigly
- adjective
- /ˈbɪɡli/
- Informal
- The company made a bigly investment in new technology this year.
Examples
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He wore a bigly hat that drew everyone's attention at the party.
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They moved into a bigly house with high ceilings and wide windows last spring.
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The elephant is bigly compared to other animals.
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They built a bigly house on the hill.
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The elephant is a bigly animal, well-known for its size and strength.
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Her bigly ideas about environmental conservation got everyone's attention.
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After the renovation, the living room felt bigly compared to its old, cramped layout.
Synonyms
340
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
92
2.1
To a very great degree
49
3.4
To a great degree
16
7.4
To a very large degree
8
4.4
Says that something is extremely large, important, or impressive
8
5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
3
5.8
To a very large degree
1
3.7
In a very large and clearly visible way
1
9.9
To mean very much in old or playful English
1
4.5
By a large amount
1
7.8
To a very large degree
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.