: 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 FelcianoExamples 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
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Despite these vastly divergent horizons, fly fishing and watchmaking emerge as parallel arts in Cerrato’s evocations.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
Colleges with nearly identical acceptance rates can give an individual student vastly different odds of admission.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
But some mathematicians are likening their work to a similar mathematical revolution that took place in the 1950s and ’60s — when Alexander Grothendieck reimagined the field of algebraic geometry in accordance with category theory, vastly extending its reach and power.
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Any move against Castro would likely lead to outright war, even if Cuba is vastly outgunned.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
Colleges with nearly identical acceptance rates can give an individual student vastly different odds of admission.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
But some mathematicians are likening their work to a similar mathematical revolution that took place in the 1950s and ’60s — when Alexander Grothendieck reimagined the field of algebraic geometry in accordance with category theory, vastly extending its reach and power.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
Any move against Castro would likely lead to outright war, even if Cuba is vastly outgunned.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
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“Vastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vastly. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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