immensely

adverb

im·​mense·​ly i-ˈmen(t)s-lē 

: to a very great or immense degree or extent : exceedingly, enormously

We enjoyed ourselves immensely.

an immensely talented athlete

an immensely important discovery

an immensely wealthy family

Synonyms

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• enormously
• especially
• ever
• exceedingly
• exceeding
• extra
• extremely
• fabulously
• fantastically
• far
• fiercely
• filthy
• frightfully
• full
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• incredibly
• intensely
• jolly
• majorly
• mightily
• mighty
• monstrous [chiefly dialect]
• mortally
• most
• much
• particularly
• passing
• rattling
• real
• really
• right
• roaring
• roaringly
• seriously
• severely
• so
• sore
• sorely
• spanking
• specially
• stinking
• such
• super
• supremely
• surpassingly
• terribly
• that
• thumping
• too
• unco
• uncommonly
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of immensely in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Such wisdom fills the pages of this immensely entertaining history, which is constructed around medieval guidebooks and travelogues, and highlights dazzling destinations like Constantinople and Rhodes under the Knights Hospitaller. —The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024

After an immensely troubled production, World War Z grossed over $500 million worldwide and spawned sequel talks for years before those plans were ultimately scuttled. —Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined above