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enormously

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e·nor·mous  (-nôrms)
adj.
1. Very great in size, extent, number, or degree.
2. Archaic Very wicked; heinous.

[From Latin normis, unusual, huge, monstrous : -, ex-, ex- + norma, norm; see gn- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from Middle English enormious, from Latin normis.]

e·normous·ly adv.
e·normous·ness n.
Synonyms: enormous, immense, huge, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous, gargantuan, vast
These adjectives describe what is extraordinarily large. Enormous suggests a marked excess beyond the norm in size, amount, or degree: an enormous boulder.
Immense refers to boundless or immeasurable size or extent: immense pleasure.
Huge especially implies greatness of size or capacity: a huge success.
Gigantic refers to size likened to that of a giant: a gigantic redwood tree.
Colossal suggests a hugeness that elicits awe or taxes belief: a colossal ancient temple.
Mammoth is applied to something of unwieldy hugeness: "mammoth stone figures in . . . buckled eighteenth-century pumps, the very soles of which seem mountainously tall" Cynthia Ozick.
Tremendous suggests awe-inspiring or fearsome size: ate a tremendous meal.
Stupendous implies size that astounds or defies description: "The whole thing was a stupendous, incomprehensible farce" W. Somerset Maugham.
Gargantuan especially stresses greatness of capacity, as for food or pleasure: a gargantuan appetite.
Vast refers to greatness of extent, size, area, or scope: "Of creatures, how few vast as the whale" Herman Melville.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.enormouslyenormously - extremely; "he was enormously popular"
Translations
French enormously [ɪˈnɔːməslɪ] adv [increase] → dans des proportions énormes; [rich] → extrêmement
German enormously [ɪˈnɔːməslɪ] enormous advenorm;
(rich) → ungeheuer

Italian enormously [ɪˈnɔːməslɪ] advenormemente

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They had little private jokes of their own which, unintelligible to the outsider, amused them enormously.
The rather insignificant and unattractive Brantain was enormously rich; and she liked and required the entourage which wealth could give her.
The case appeared to be enormously thick, and it was possible that the faint sounds we heard represented a noisy tumult in the interior.
 
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