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

At 28, the poet Tayi Tibble has been hailed as the funny, fresh and immensely skilled voice of a generation in Māori writing. —Anderson Tepper, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024

But even in the immensely concertinered timescape that modern cosmology reveals, extending billions of years into the future as well as the past, this century is special. —Martin Rees, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024

Washington — Legislation that could lead to a national ban of TikTok cleared the Senate Tuesday night in a bipartisan vote of 79-18, representing one of the most serious threats to the immensely popular social media app's U.S. operations. —Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024

Hence, Boeing shipped just 14 737s every four weeks in Q1, as well as four Dreamliners; those figures contrast with 33 and six, respectively, last year, and 44 and 11 in 2018, the last pre-disaster years when the manufacturer was immensely profitable. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024

The spin-off, derived from the immensely popular Sonic the Hedgehog movies and video games, delves into the adventures of Knuckles, the great echidna warrior. —Kristina Behr, Parents, 23 Apr. 2024

Douglas adds another quiver to his impressive acting cap as the nimble-witted, immensely quotable inventor, author, publisher and founding father. —Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined above