immensely

adverb

im·​mense·​ly i-ˈmen(t)s-lē How to pronounce immensely (audio)
Synonyms of immenselynext
: 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

Examples of immensely in a Sentence

an immensely successful debut album
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This immensely interesting conversation with Tom Mueller, one of the key engineers behind the modern era of commercial spaceflight, was another crowd favourite. Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025 Vince Zampella, a video game creator whose credits include the immensely popular Call of Duty franchise, reportedly died Sunday in a single-car crash on a highway near Los Angeles. Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025 Clutch effort is Herculean, and shifting is indelicate but immensely satisfying. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2025 An immensely popular anti-colonial leader, Nyerere in 1965 created a single-party state governed by a robust and effective political party apparatus – first under the Tanganyika African National Union and later recast as Chama Cha Mapinduzi, or CCM. Yonatan Morse, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for immensely

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of immensely was in 1651

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“Immensely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immensely. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.

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