Dictionary

immensively en · ADV

Etymology

From immensive + -ly.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, uncommon) Synonym of immensely.
   • “When Tottenville did make a run, we had an answer,” said [Mike] Reape of SIA, which outrebounded the Pirates 54-42 overall, but struggled immensively at the charity stripe (11 for 26). 2009 February 3, Charlie Debiase Jr., “HS girls’ basketball: Tigers roll past Pirates”, in Staten Island Advance, Staten Island, N.Y., →OCLC, page B 2, column 3:
   • Czubik said it was “just the right time for me to go. I think I have taken the problem as far as I can take it.” […] “I have enjoyed the experience immensively,” Czubik said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better situation.” 2021 January 15, Staff Reports, “Kalida boys soccer coach [Mark] Czubik resigns after 32 years”, in The Lima News, volume 137, number 15, Lima, Oh., →OCLC, page 3C, columns 3–4:
   • There are considerations connected with the Morris Canal which appear not to be duly weighed by those having it in charge. That the Morris Canal is capable of being made immensively productive there can be no doubt. 1840 May 21, a New Yorker, “Morris Canal and New York Interests”, in The Evening Post, number 11,672, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page [2], column 3:
   • We all of us know we’re the smartest of chaps / Which nobody can deny, / We extensively pitied the innocent Japs, / Which nobody can deny, / So we gave ’em good dinners, we gave ’em champagne, / We got ’em immensively high on a train, / And explained to ’em how to go in should it rain, / Which nobody can deny. 1861 February 23, “Nicely Japanned”, in Vanity Fair, volume III, New York, N.Y.: Louis H. Stephens, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 95, column 2:

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Synonyms

immensely