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massively en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæs.ɪv.li/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English massive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English massively From massive + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a massive manner, in a way that appears large, heavy or imposing.
   • The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing. 1945 January and February, “Notes and News: American Locomotives in France”, in Railway Magazine, page 46:
   • Some of the most impressive applications of massively parallel computing have been in the context of wide-area distributed platforms. 2003, Ananth Grama, Vipin Kumar, Anshul Gupta, George Karypis, Introduction to Parallel Computing, 2nd edition, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 4:
2. (slang) Greatly.

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Deriveds

massively multiplayer online game · massively parallel · massively multiplayer online role-playing game