vastly

adverb

vast·​ly ˈvast-lē 

: to a very great or vast degree or extent : exceedingly

two people with vastly different tastes

a vastly more powerful bomb

But bluff and bravado … won against potential enemies who vastly outnumbered him.

—David Gilmour

It was the most eclectic—yet also vastly entertaining—evening of dance I have seen in a long time.

—Rita Felciano

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
• immensely
• 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
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of vastly in a Sentence

the team has vastly improved in the course of the season

vastly underestimated the cost of advertising the new product

Recent Examples on the Web

The planet’s location and characteristics could provide insights into why Earth and Venus, despite their similarities, have vastly different atmospheres. —George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 May 2024

One of the big questions now is if Francis himself will be eligible for any sort of relief because of the government misconduct — though his situation is vastly different than that of the other defendants. —Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above