: 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
David GilmourIt was the most eclectic—yet also vastly entertaining—evening of dance I have seen in a long time.—Rita Felciano
Rita FelcianoSynonyms
- 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
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Advertisement The music While the lineups are vastly different, there is one artist who is spending three consecutive weekends in Indio: Carin León.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Bill Kong is cautious, vastly experienced and has an impeccable reputation as a key gateway between Hollywood and China to maintain.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
No Democrat has won the state on the presidential level since 2012, but state party officials have found some glimmers of political change in vastly smaller races, such as the open Jacksonville mayor's race last May that saw a Democrat win in what was once a solidly Republican city.
—Seung Min Kim The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Apr. 2024
The Appeal’s investigation also shows that prisoners can be charged vastly different prices for similar religious items, depending on their faith, with wide variations across states.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 23 Apr. 2024
And the revenue between the NBA and WNBA is vastly different, making comparisons between the league's player salaries arguably irrelevant.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Right now, Swift is arguably the world’s most influential figure in culture and entertainment — vastly eclipsing Kardashian on that score.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
Rivian, like every other company that makes EVs, recently began offering access for its customers to Tesla’s vastly superior Supercharger network.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2024
At the same time, commercial aviation became not only vastly cheaper but also less and less likely to kill you.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Bill Kong is cautious, vastly experienced and has an impeccable reputation as a key gateway between Hollywood and China to maintain.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
No Democrat has won the state on the presidential level since 2012, but state party officials have found some glimmers of political change in vastly smaller races, such as the open Jacksonville mayor's race last May that saw a Democrat win in what was once a solidly Republican city.
—Seung Min Kim The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Apr. 2024
The Appeal’s investigation also shows that prisoners can be charged vastly different prices for similar religious items, depending on their faith, with wide variations across states.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 23 Apr. 2024
And the revenue between the NBA and WNBA is vastly different, making comparisons between the league's player salaries arguably irrelevant.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Right now, Swift is arguably the world’s most influential figure in culture and entertainment — vastly eclipsing Kardashian on that score.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
Rivian, like every other company that makes EVs, recently began offering access for its customers to Tesla’s vastly superior Supercharger network.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2024
At the same time, commercial aviation became not only vastly cheaper but also less and less likely to kill you.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Vastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vastly. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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