vastlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈvɑːs(t)li/,

/ˈvas(t)li/, U.S.

/ˈvæs(t)li/

Etymology: < vast adj. and adv. + -ly suffix².

1. In a waste or desolate manner. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adverb]

barrenly1546

vastly1594

sterilely1886

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M2^v Who like a late sack't Iland vastlie stood Bare and vnpeopled, in this fearfull flood.

a. Immensely; to an extent or degree not readily grasped or estimated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely

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huge1508

enormly1538

monstruously?1548

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swingingly1668

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enormously1695

pancratically1727

immense1754

colossally1809

whooping1866

monumentally1877

pyramidically1886

pyramidally1891

galactically1968

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. C3 Though these hopes be vastly hyperbolical.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i. 5 Why, first she's an Heiress vastly rich.

1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) 7 It hath many safe and commodious Ports and Havens, as Falmouth vastly spacious.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. vi. v. 216 This vastly great or infinite Power and Wisdom.

1862 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 73 Popular power has increased vastly during the last half-century in our own country.

1885 Manch. Examiner 4 Apr. 4/6 A policy which will add so vastly to its influence and power.

b. Frequently with words or phrases denoting comparison.

ΚΠ

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 25 in Scepsis Scientifica When the Actions whereby they are produced are so vastly diverse.

1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 35 In a sense vastly different from what was intended by Mr. Rule.

1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. xi. 53 The Bullet will be carried vastly further than the small Shot.

1778 R. B. Sheridan Camp ii. iii To be sure, a circus or a crescent would have been vastly better.

1820 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. xvi. 322 You have got on vastly beyond the point at which you have set out.

1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 229 It is of trifling consequence..that the explosion of sporting powder is vastly more rapid and powerful.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxii. 134 The Union people here are vastly in a minority.

3. In weakened sense as a mere intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, very. (Cf. vast adj. and adv. 5) (a) Common in fashionable use in the 18th cent., chiefly with adjectives, (b) but occasionally with verbs. (c) or adverbs. The abuse of vast and vastly is commented on by Lord Chesterfield, Lett. No. 195 and 196.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very

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swith971

wellOE

fullOE

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muchc1225

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Pygmalion1914

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molto1923

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honking1929

hellishing1931

thumpingly1948

way1965

mega1966

mondo1968

seriously1970

totally1972

mucho1978

stonking1990

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

swithlyc888

micklelyeOE

swith971

hardOE

un-i-fohOE

sevenfoldlOE

unmeet?c1225

innerlyc1330

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bitchingly1923

Christly1923

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falling-down1930

lousy1932

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Christ almighty1945

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hella1987

totes2006

(a)

1664 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 204 She putts on and assumes much, very much of the vastly extravagant humors.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 219 The City..was vastly full of People.

1733 T. Burnet MS Let. 30 Jan. Believe me most affectionately, though vastly peevish, Yours T. B.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. ii. 30 This is all vastly true; but I have no time to hear any more of it just now.

1826 J. Foster Let. May in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 78 A vastly acute and doggedly intellectual fellow.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxii. 204 Mrs. Portman..was vastly bitter against Pen, especially since his impertinent behaviour to the Doctor.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton vi. 68 That small person..was becoming vastly indignant.

(b)1750 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 358 I laughed vastly.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 112 I protest I like my Lady Blarney vastly.c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 234 I should vastly like to examine this little hunchback a little more closely.1879 K. S. Macquoid Berkshire Lady 182 That will please me vastly.(c)1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ii. 48 He..sung vastly fine.1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro Prol. An't you come vastly late?a1817 J. Austen Lady Susan xv, in Wks. (1954) VI. 267 She talks vastly well.1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. i. 12 As for bed, this chair will do vastly well.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vastly
释义	vastlyadv. Brit. /ˈvɑːs(t)li/, /ˈvas(t)li/, U.S. /ˈvæs(t)li/ Etymology: < vast adj. and adv. + -ly suffix². 1. In a waste or desolate manner. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adverb] barrenly1546 vastly1594 sterilely1886 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M2^v Who like a late sack't Iland vastlie stood Bare and vnpeopled, in this fearfull flood. 2. a. Immensely; to an extent or degree not readily grasped or estimated. ΘΚΠ 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 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. C3 Though these hopes be vastly hyperbolical. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i. 5 Why, first she's an Heiress vastly rich. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) 7 It hath many safe and commodious Ports and Havens, as Falmouth vastly spacious. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. vi. v. 216 This vastly great or infinite Power and Wisdom. 1862 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 73 Popular power has increased vastly during the last half-century in our own country. 1885 Manch. Examiner 4 Apr. 4/6 A policy which will add so vastly to its influence and power. b. Frequently with words or phrases denoting comparison. ΚΠ 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 25 in Scepsis Scientifica When the Actions whereby they are produced are so vastly diverse. 1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 35 In a sense vastly different from what was intended by Mr. Rule. 1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. xi. 53 The Bullet will be carried vastly further than the small Shot. 1778 R. B. Sheridan Camp ii. iii To be sure, a circus or a crescent would have been vastly better. 1820 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. xvi. 322 You have got on vastly beyond the point at which you have set out. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 229 It is of trifling consequence..that the explosion of sporting powder is vastly more rapid and powerful. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxii. 134 The Union people here are vastly in a minority. 3. In weakened sense as a mere intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, very. (Cf. vast adj. and adv. 5) (a) Common in fashionable use in the 18th cent., chiefly with adjectives, (b) but occasionally with verbs. (c) or adverbs. The abuse of vast and vastly is commented on by Lord Chesterfield, Lett. No. 195 and 196. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very tooc888 swith971 wellOE wellOE fullOE rightc1175 muchc1225 wellac1275 gainlya1375 endlyc1440 hard?1440 very1448 odda1500 great1535 jolly1549 fellc1600 veryvery1649 gooda1655 vastly1664 strange1667 bloody1676 ever so1686 heartily1727 real1771 precious1775 quarely1805 murry1818 très1819 freely1820 powerfula1822 gurt1824 almighty1830 heap1832 all-fired1833 gradely1850 real1856 bonny1857 heavens1858 veddy1859 canny1867 some1867 oh-so1881 storming1883 spanking1886 socking1896 hefty1898 velly1898 fair dinkum1904 plurry1907 Pygmalion1914 dinkum1915 beaucoup1918 dirty1920 molto1923 snorting1924 honking1929 hellishing1931 thumpingly1948 way1965 mega1966 mondo1968 seriously1970 totally1972 mucho1978 stonking1990 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 (a) 1664 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 204 She putts on and assumes much, very much of the vastly extravagant humors. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 219 The City..was vastly full of People. 1733 T. Burnet MS Let. 30 Jan. Believe me most affectionately, though vastly peevish, Yours T. B. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. ii. 30 This is all vastly true; but I have no time to hear any more of it just now. 1826 J. Foster Let. May in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 78 A vastly acute and doggedly intellectual fellow. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxii. 204 Mrs. Portman..was vastly bitter against Pen, especially since his impertinent behaviour to the Doctor. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton vi. 68 That small person..was becoming vastly indignant. (b)1750 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 358 I laughed vastly.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 112 I protest I like my Lady Blarney vastly.c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 234 I should vastly like to examine this little hunchback a little more closely.1879 K. S. Macquoid Berkshire Lady 182 That will please me vastly.(c)1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ii. 48 He..sung vastly fine.1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro Prol. An't you come vastly late?a1817 J. Austen Lady Susan xv, in Wks. (1954) VI. 267 She talks vastly well.1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. i. 12 As for bed, this chair will do vastly well. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1594
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