tremendously
129
3.1
- adverb
- /trɪˈmɛndəsli/
:
enormemente
- In the United States, aircraft manufacturing contributed tremendously to economic growth in the postwar era.
- vary tremendously
- grow tremendously
- tremendously successful
I think it works tremendously if it's done well.
- I think it works tremendously if it's done well.
- But I have to say I am tremendously impressed with this EQS.
- But it was just a tremendously windy, windy, windy year.
- And I I find that to be tremendously important.
- I think that is a tremendously important question for our time.
- I think it's just tremendously potent, responsive, quick, smooth.
- I think he's he's he's tremendously talented.
- As always, these things are tremendously appreciated.
- I think industry is tremendously important in every city, even in New York.
- But throughout all of this, like I'm struggling tremendously, right?
- If you learn to simply sit, you will become tremendously intense.
Examples
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So to conclude, this was a tremendously difficult problem.
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The whole thing is actually tremendously exciting.
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I think it works tremendously if it's done well.
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But seriously, this is tremendously exciting.
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This is tremendously helpful at this point.
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The best thing about this job is that it is tremendously varied.
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A parent of an adult child noted, "Things have changed tremendously for the better."
Academic text (2000) -
I had no idea what an enormous job this would be, nor how tremendously rewarding.
Academic text (2011) -
He's just a tremendously smart guy and a great teacher.
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This new software is tremendously effective at improving productivity.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
922
1.0
To a very high degree, often about skill or rank
584
2.3
To a very great degree
354
1.8
Shows that something is done a lot
350
1.0
By a very large amount
320
1.0
To a large degree or too much
144
3.4
By a large amount
128
3.5
To a very large degree
111
1.0
In a very good and impressive way
103
3.0
By a very large amount
84
2.1
To a very great degree
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a great degree
40
5.2
To a great degree
26
4.5
To a very high degree
21
3.5
To a very great degree
18
5.7
Very, to a high level
17
5.2
To a very great degree
15
4.3
In a very impressive and successful way
12
3.3
In a very good way that shows great skill
12
3.6
To a very high degree
11
3.5
To a large degree
10
5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
8
4.4
Says that something is extremely large, important, or impressive
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
7
6.7
To a very surprising degree that is hard to believe
6
7.4
To a very large degree
5
5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
3
5.8
To a very large degree
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
1
3.7
In a very large and clearly visible way
1
4.9
In a way that is much better than usual and impresses people
1
7.6
By a very large amount that cannot be measured
1
8.9
In a very large way
1
7.0
To a very high degree, showing excellent quality
1
8.4
To a very high degree
By a large amount
Antonyms
How Much
70
3.5
129
3.1
350
1.0
144
3.4
816
2.0
885
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
tremendously = tremendous (transparent) = tremendous + ly
Formed by regular adverbial suffixation of the adjective 'tremendous'; the meaning 'to a very great extent' follows directly.
Etymology
The word tremendously comes from tremendous, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to tremble', so think of the familiar word tremble. That's why tremendously means 'very' or 'extremely', because it describes something so big or strong it could make you shake.