greatly
English
Etymology
From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
greatly (comparative greatlier or greater or more greatly, superlative greatliest or greatest or most greatly)
- To a great extent or degree.
- Synonyms: very, drastically
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
- 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
- Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
- Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year.
- He was more greatly beloved than anyone in living memory.
- (archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
- 1823, Catherine George Ward, The Cottage on the Cliff: A Sea-side Story (page 251)
- But all this our fisher, who was neither a poet, nor a dependent, did not know, so he concluded, that all who were truly great, were truly greatly minded, and noble in soul, as they were exalted by birth, and rich in splendour.
- 1823, Catherine George Ward, The Cottage on the Cliff: A Sea-side Story (page 251)
Translations
to a great extent
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