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enormously

enormously

128 3.5
To a very large degree
  • adverb
  • /ɪˈnɔːrməsli/
translation icon : enormemente
  • She was enormously grateful for all the support she received during her recovery.
  • increase enormously
  • help enormously
  • benefit enormously

The experience and attitudes vary enormously among states.

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Examples

  • And the answer is it was enormously expensive.

  • Getting to the city and finding a job seemed an enormously complex task.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • His work is enormously well known to people here.

  • And what that means is you care enormously about your appearance.

  • So that has been enormously, enormously helpful for me.

  • So I want to thank you enormously for those changes and reforms.

  • Requirements for full participation in our society have changed enormously and continue to change rapidly.

    Academic text (2013)
  • In doing this, he has contributed enormously to the scope of what we know about Africa.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Carbon sequestration is enormously expensive.

  • For Kissinger and official Washington, that was an enormously important insight into the conflict.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

a lot
vsenormously
1.0

To a very great degree

is the standard emphatic word for a very large degree
extremely
vsenormously
1.0

To a very great degree

is the common neutral word for the same large degree
highly
vsenormously
922 1.0

To a very high degree, often about skill or rank

is the straightforward term for a very large degree
incredibly
vsenormously
584 2.3

To a very great degree

is the neutral term for very great degree without emotion
a great deal
vsenormously
354 1.8

Shows that something is done a lot

is the emphatic single-word term for the same great extent
awfully
vsenormously
351 1.4

To show strong feeling or degree

is the plain descriptive term for the same high degree
greatly
vsenormously
350 1.0

By a very large amount

is the basic word for great degree without approval tone
heavily
vsenormously
320 1.0

To a large degree or too much

gives degree alone without implying physical weight
utterly
vsenormously
236 3.6

Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great

speaks of very large degree but not absolute totality
overwhelmingly
vsenormously
151 4.7

By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse

is the straightforward term for very great degree without forcefulness
considerably
vsenormously
144 3.4

By a large amount

is the stronger, more emphatic word for very great degree
extraordinarily
vsenormously
137 3.9

To a much higher level than usual

is the general word for very great degree without rarity tone
tremendously
vsenormously
129 3.1

To a very large degree

is the plain term for a very large degree without flair
substantially
vsenormously
129 4.9

To a large degree

is the more emphatic general expression of very great degree
vastly
vsenormously
103 3.0

By a very large amount

is the simpler term for great degree without breadth emphasis
hugely
vsenormously
84 2.1

To a very great degree

serves as the standard formal expression for very large degree
exceptionally
vsenormously
80 4.1

To a much higher level than usual

is the neutral expression of a very great degree
immensely
vsenormously
70 3.5

To a very large degree

is a general word for very large degree without scale focus
exceedingly
vsenormously
57 4.6

To a very great degree

is the simple, common way to say a very great degree
insanely
vsenormously
50 3.9

To a very great degree

is the neutral word for very great degree without excessive tone
massively
vsenormously
47 3.4

To a great degree

is the basic word for great degree without scale implication
supremely
vsenormously
26 4.5

To a very high degree

is the broad term for very great degree rather than peak level
profusely
vsenormously
22 4.8

In very large amounts, often more than needed

refers to degree without focusing on physical quantity
fantastically
vsenormously
21 3.5

To a very great degree

is the neutral term for very great degree without excitement
phenomenally
vsenormously
17 5.2

To a very great degree

expresses the same high degree but without positive amazement
terrifically
vsenormously
12 3.6

To a very high degree

is the plain descriptor for very large degree without praise
to a great extent
vsenormously
11 3.5

To a large degree

is the stronger, more emphatic expression of very great degree
immeasurably
vsenormously
10 5.4

To a very great degree that you cannot count

is the normal way to say a very large measurable degree
monumentally
vsenormously
8 4.4

Says that something is extremely large, important, or impressive

gives the plain measure of a very large degree
completely and utterly
vsenormously
8 2.3

Totally and without any doubt

notes a large degree but not total or absolute extent
inordinately
vsenormously
  • Formal
7 7.5

To a much greater degree than is normal

is the neutral large-degree word without sense of excess
staggeringly
vsenormously
7 6.7

To a very surprising degree that is hard to believe

is the neutral way to state a very large degree
majorly
vsenormously
  • Informal
6 7.4

To a very large degree

is the neutral, standard term for very great degree
awesomely
vsenormously
  • Informal
5 5.4

To make a describing word much stronger

is the neutral emphatic term without the informal positive tone
colossally
vsenormously
3 5.8

To a very large degree

is the common descriptor for very great degree without grandeur
prodigiously
vsenormously
2 7.7

In a very large and impressive way

states a very large degree without implying wonder
gigantically
vsenormously
1 3.7

In a very large and clearly visible way

focuses on degree alone, not specifically on huge size
outstandingly
vsenormously
1 4.9

In a way that is much better than usual and impresses people

gives the plain measure of very great degree without evaluation
incalculably
vsenormously
1 7.6

By a very large amount that cannot be measured

is the plain term for very great degree without immeasurability
bigly
vsenormously
  • Informal
1 8.9

In a very large way

is the normal, widely accepted term for very great degree
surpassingly
vsenormously
1 8.4

To a very high degree

is the regular word for very great degree without comparison tone
heftily
vsenormously
4.5

By a large amount

is the plain giant-degree term without weight nuance
whoppingly
vsenormously
  • Informal
7.8

To a very large degree

is the regular word for very great degree without showiness

Antonyms

885 1.0

A little, not very much

How Much

enormously
128 3.5
greatly
350 1.0
considerably
144 3.4
moderately
47 2.8
somewhat
816 2.0
slightly
885 1.0

Surface Forms

enormously positive

Morphology

enormously = enormous (transparent) = enormous + ly

Clear, regular adverb formation from the adjective 'enormous' using the productive suffix '-ly', so the degree meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word enormously comes from enormous, which originally meant 'out of the norm' — beyond what is usual, so think of norm or normal as 'usual'. So, enormously means 'to a very great degree'.