Dictionary

greatly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• grāt′lē
• /ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɡɾeː(j)ʈ.liː/ (India)
• /ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.liː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡɹæɪ̯t.liː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈɡɾeːʈ.liː/ (India) pane–pain merger
• /ˈɡɾɛjʈ.liː/ (India) without the pane–pain merger
• (US) audio
• /ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/
• /ˈɡɹet.li/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gretly. By surface analysis, great + -ly.

Meanings

1. To a great extent or degree.
   • Instead of retracing my route, I have elected to walk across Blackpool to the town's remaining large station, although even this has been greatly reduced in size. 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56:
   • I admire Elvis Presley greatly.
   • Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year, much to nobody's surprise.
   • There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated. 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
   • He was more greatly beloved than anyone in living memory.
2. (archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
   • But all this our fisher, who was neither a poet, nor a dependent, did not know, so he concluded, that all who were truly great, were truly greatly minded, and noble in soul, as they were exalted by birth, and rich in splendour. 1823, Catherine George Ward, The Cottage on the Cliff: A Sea-side Story, page 251:
   • His Suff’rings ſhine, and ſpread a Glory round him; Greatly unfortunate, he fights the Cauſe Of Honour, Virtue, Liberty, and Rome. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:

Forms

Antonyms

slightly

Synonyms

fucking · completely · main · murrain · vastly · excessively · extremely · very · abundantly · bone · mightily · flipping · greatly · horrendously · way too · swith · truly · wicked · strongly · highly · jolly · positively · exceedingly · absolutely · above a bit · widely · eminently · drastically · damn · somewhat · freaking · ever so · in spades · really · horribly · simply · quite · very much · but good · wickedly · all too · way · passing · right · very · specially · sorely · pretty · all · sore

Translations (34)

fr grandement (to a great extent or degree) · es enormemente (to a great extent or degree) · hy սաստիկ (to a great extent or degree) · it oltremodo (to a great extent or degree) · yol greatly (to a great extent or degree) · bg значително (to a great extent or degree) · ru суще́ственно (to a great extent or degree) · bg много (to a great extent or degree) · it assai (to a great extent or degree) · cmn 大大 (to a great extent or degree) · it molto (to a great extent or degree) · tum comene (to a great extent or degree) · fi kovin (to a great extent or degree) · got 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌱𐌰 (to a great extent or degree) · io grande (to a great extent or degree) · ja 大いに (to a great extent or degree) · it massimamente (to a great extent or degree) · it tanto (to a great extent or degree) · es grandemente (to a great extent or degree) · eo ege (to a great extent or degree) · sa बहु (to a great extent or degree) · ru весьма́ (to a great extent or degree) · ru значи́тельно (to a great extent or degree) · ca granment (to a great extent or degree) · ar بشكل كبير (to a great extent or degree) · ru си́льно (to a great extent or degree) · nrf grandement (to a great extent or degree) · gl grandemente (to a great extent or degree) · es sobremanera (to a great extent or degree) · la magnopere (to a great extent or degree) · grc μεγάλως (to a great extent or degree) · it parecchio (to a great extent or degree) · it grandemente (to a great extent or degree) · ka მაგრად (to a great extent or degree)