immensely

adverb

im·​mense·​ly i-ˈmen(t)s-lē 

: 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

Synonyms of immensely

• extremely
• incredibly
• very
• terribly
• highly
• too
• greatly
• so
• badly
• severely
• damned
• damn
• really
• intensely
• seriously
• desperately
• far
• much
• heavily

Examples of immensely in a Sentence

an immensely successful debut album

Recent Examples on the Web

Our understanding of what kinds of Americans experience upward mobility—and which ones don’t—has improved immensely over the past 10 years. —Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026

For decades, tech companies have relied immensely on India’s vast workforce, from entry-level call center jobs to software engineers and high-ranking managerial positions. —Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026

Han said there is evidence of 18 or more mass extinctions over the last 540 million years, calling for more attention to be paid to the immensely destructive events. —CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026

And that wasn’t even taking into account the waterfall of cash that came from the movie’s immensely successful home video release. —Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for immensely

• densely
• tensely
• intensely