a good deal en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From deal (“division, portion, share”). Compare a great deal, etc.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
She was a good deal frightened by this very sudden change, but she felt that there was no time to be lost, as she was shrinking rapidly: so she set to work at once to eat some of the other bit.
1865, Lewis Carroll, “Chapter 5: Advice from a Caterpillar”, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:He said he was sometimes whistling a tune to himself — for, like me, he sawed a good deal on the fiddle; […]
1835, James Hogg, The Story of Euphemia Hewit:We had a good deal more money after winning the lottery.
She could not suggest in what quarter of London the shop in question was likely to be as the deceased was accustomed to go about a good deal.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries: