: 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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New Atlas, 30 May 2026
Three decades later, the climbing landscape on the mountain is vastly different, with huge improvements to safety and communications.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Indeed, this team found six red dwarfs in three different star clusters with vastly more lithium than would be expected.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 May 2026
The fifty-three artists in the show are all living and working in New York (though of vastly varied origins); many of them are young, doing their best in a city that seems to valorize yet beleaguer youth.
—Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
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“Vastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vastly. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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