enormously
adverb
enor·mous·ly
i-ˈnȯr-məs-lē 
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: to a very great or enormous degree or extent : exceedingly, vastly
an enormously popular performer
an area of business that has grown enormously in recent years
an enormously complicated problem
Examples of enormously in a Sentence
an enormously entertaining film
the neighbors have been enormously helpful during this difficult time
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Schwarzenegger in an unprecedented, rapid-fire recall of an enormously unpopular governor.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The team found that this internal structure mattered enormously.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Housing First, with its emphasis on permanent subsidies, is enormously expensive, and the lion’s share of the budget is consumed by a small minority of beneficiaries who have already been housed.
—Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
And Boris Johnson, in 2019, benefitted from this in that Farage’s then party, the Brexit Party, agreed to stand down in seats being contested by Brexit-favoring Conservative candidates, and that helped Boris Johnson enormously.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The team found that this internal structure mattered enormously.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Housing First, with its emphasis on permanent subsidies, is enormously expensive, and the lion’s share of the budget is consumed by a small minority of beneficiaries who have already been housed.
—Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
And Boris Johnson, in 2019, benefitted from this in that Farage’s then party, the Brexit Party, agreed to stand down in seats being contested by Brexit-favoring Conservative candidates, and that helped Boris Johnson enormously.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
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“Enormously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enormously. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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