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stupendously

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stu·pen·dous  (st-pnds, sty-)
adj.
1. Of astounding force, volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.
2. Amazingly large or great; huge. See Synonyms at enormous.
[From Late Latin stupendus, stunning, gerundive of Latin stupre, to be stunned.]
stu·pendous·ly adv.
stu·pendous·ness n.
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Adv.1.stupendously - to a stupendous degree; "stupendously ignorant people"
Translations
stupendously [stjuːˈpendəslɪ] ADV (= wonderfully) → estupendamente; (= extraordinarily) → extraordinariamente
stupendously
adv → fantastisch, phantastisch; hard → enorm; boring → ungeheuer
stupendously [stjuːˈpɛndəslɪ] adv → stupendamente, fantasticamente
a stupendously high price → un prezzo incredibilmente alto
stupendously [stjuːˈpɛndəslɪ] adv → stupendamente, fantasticamente
a stupendously high price → un prezzo incredibilmente alto


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They took their rise in the Wind River Mountains, which ranged along to the east, stupendously high and rugged, composed of vast masses of black rock, almost destitute of wood, and covered in many places with snow.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
(particularly as to his legs, which were stupendously little), but who, in a moral point of view, in personal dignity and self-esteem, had swelled into a giant.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
The gardens were arranged to emulate those of Versailles, and amidst the terraces and groves there are some huge allegorical waterworks still, which spout and froth stupendously upon fete-days, and frighten one with their enormous aquatic insurrections.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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