immenselyadv.
/ɪˈmɛnsli/ In an immense degree; immeasurably, infinitely; very greatly, vastly, hugely: in colloquial use often a hyperbolical intensitive = exceedingly, to an extent which one does not presume to measure or limit.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > hugely
huge1508
giantly1625
immeasurably1631
immensely1654
gigantically1678
enormously1695
colossally1809
tremendously1832
mega1966
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely
hugelyc1380
huge1508
enormly1538
monstruously?1548
massively1550
monstrously1602
a worlda1616
hugeouslya1643
immensely1654
vastly1664
swingingly1668
hugeous1673
gigantically1678
vast1688
swingeing1690
thumpingly1693
enormously1695
pancratically1727
immense1754
colossally1809
whooping1866
monumentally1877
pyramidically1886
pyramidally1891
galactically1968
1654 tr. M. Martini Bellum Tartaricum 108 They immensely augmented their Armies, by the access of the China's Souldiers.
1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 13 The void Space of our System is immensly [sic] bigger than all its corporeal Mass.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 82 She's immensely rich.
1748 J. Hervey Descant Creation in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 4) I. 251 O ye Heavens, whose azure Arches rise so immensely high, and stretch so unmeasurably wide.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 27 The chances of safety are immensely in his favour.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 241 Charles wrote that he was enjoying himself immensely.
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