Definition of GREATLY

Examples of greatly in a Sentence

She has contributed greatly to our success. They don't seem to be greatly bothered by the delay.

Recent Examples on the Web Technological advances like fracking and horizontal drilling have allowed the U.S. to greatly increase production, but demand remains brisk and the country still imports millions of barrels of oil from Saudi Arabia, Canada, Iraq and other countries. — Hope Yen, Anchorage Daily News, "Fact-checking Trump’s address on Iran," 8 Jan. 2020 The regime also greatly tightened the reigns on their own country, even recently killing 1,500 people at the many protests that are taking place all throughout Iran. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, "President Trump's address to the nation on Iran: Here's what he said," 8 Jan. 2020 Wadhwa noted projections by the railroad suggesting that rail traffic could greatly increase in the years ahead. — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The West Waukesha Bypass has finally (partially) opened to traffic," 19 Dec. 2019 Uranium-lead zircon dating has superseded the much less accurate argon-argon dating, and margins of error that used to span millions of years now span thousands, greatly increasing the resolution of the data. — National Geographic, "Earth has had more major mass extinctions than we realized," 18 Dec. 2019 The addition of repertoire from the 20,000 independent record labels and distributors that Merlin represents substantially grows Boomplay's licensed catalog and greatly increases its consumer proposition, said the company. — Richard Smirke, Billboard, "Merlin Signs Licensing Deal With Boomplay, Leading Streamer in Africa's 'Fast-Evolving' Market," 10 Dec. 2019 The ability to attend top-tier colleges greatly increases the likelihood of graduation and being accepted for advanced degrees. — Yurou Wang, The Conversation, "Large-scale education tests often come with side effects," 6 Dec. 2019 Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris support a ban on fracking, a method that has greatly increased U.S. oil and gas production. — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Don’t ban fracking. America might finally be ready for a better way to fight climate change.," 6 Nov. 2019 If Auburn can do what seven teams have already tried and failed to do, its chances of upsetting LSU greatly increase. — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, "Can Auburn slow down LSU’s ‘video game’ offense?," 23 Oct. 2019

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“Greatly.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greatly. Accessed 25 January 2020.

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