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

an immensely successful debut album

Recent Examples on the Web

With not a scrap of backstory required, this immensely satisfying vignette earns the film an early round of cheers. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2024

Raymond moves on to control someone else, the kind and immensely pliable Rita (Stone), even as Robert tries to claw his way back into his boss’s good graces. —Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 17 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined above