enormously en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English enormous Middle English -ly English -ly English enormously From enormous + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.
He was enormously popular.
Gloria is enormously pleased with our progress.
Fraser Hunter, iron age and Roman curator at NMS and a leading authority on carnyces, described the new find as “extraordinary” and said it would “add enormously to our understanding of the iron age world.
2026 January 7, Esther Addley, “‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2026:The paddles were enormously versatile, serving as radio-antenna masts, shovels, ice prods, snow knives, and potential argument settlers—whoever had one in his hand at the time would win.
1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 592:
- (not-comparable) Shockingly.
Synonyms
very (extremely) · immensely (extremely) · greatly (extremely) · highly (extremely) · vastly (extremely)
Translations (10)
it enormemente (to an enormous degree) · nrf ênormément (to an enormous degree) · eo enorme (to an enormous degree) · cmn 大大 (to an enormous degree) · ca enormement (to an enormous degree) · fi suunnattomasti (to an enormous degree) · pt enormemente (to an enormous degree) · es enormemente (to an enormous degree) · fi valtavasti (to an enormous degree) · fr énormément (to an enormous degree)