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immensely

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im·mense  (-mns)
adj.
1. Extremely large; huge.
2. Of boundless or immeasurable size or extent. See Synonyms at enormous.
3. Informal Surpassingly good; excellent.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin immnsus : in-, not; see in-1 + mnsus, past participle of mtr, to measure; see m-2 in Indo-European roots.]

im·mensely adv.
im·menseness n.
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Adv.1.immensely - to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator"
Translations
immensely [ɪˈmɛnslɪ] advenormemente
immensely [ɪˈmɛnslɪ] immense adv (+adj) → extrêmement;
(+vb) → énormément
immensely [ɪˈmɛnslɪ] immense advunheimlich;
(grateful, complex etc) → äußerst


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He is getting on beautifully with his French; for though I don't think the place is so good as papa supposed, yet Harold is so immensely clever that he can scarcely help learning.
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But in the great Sperm Whale, this high and mighty god-like dignity inherent in the brow is so immensely amplified, that gazing on it, in that full front view, you feel the Deity and the dread powers more forcibly than in beholding any other object in living nature.
 
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