1
as in extremely
to a great degree
after reading all the praise from critics, I found the play to be colossally disappointing
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as in highly
to a large extent or degree
the most colossally rude person she had ever met
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Recent Examples of colossally
Instead, Disney allowed a colossally bloated budget to feed into a show that needed its first season to find its legs.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
That colossally misguided approach over the past decade is part of the reason — a huge part of the reason — for the current mess.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
That colossally misguided approach over the past decade is part of the reason — a huge part of the reason — for the current mess.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossally
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To gather the critical data, researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope’s unique ability to detect extremely faint objects.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Known for its extremely rough waters and rocky coastline, this remote section of the Namibian coast is not meant for sunbathers or scuba divers.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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Outhouse is one of three highly respected defensive backs at North Crowley.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Phoenix, Arizona, followed in the top three, with Florida cities like Tampa also ranking highly for pet travel.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Advertisement The stakes were incredibly high as both parties confronted questions about identity, Trumpism, Texas’ soul, and, yes, electability.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, the simple enough ad campaign — which sees Kidman saunter in from the rain to walk up and down the aisles of an empty theater, reciting some incredibly memorable dialogue — went out into the world and made its mark.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Mar. 2026
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Police say e-bikes and e-motorcycles are often mistaken for one another, but speed capabilities can vary greatly between the two types.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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This arrangement also greatly expanded fan bases, as viewers could watch games on TV for free.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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In a world gone terribly wrong and sideways, humanity survives.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Mar. 2026
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If that version of the fable hasn’t aged terribly well, an item in The Wall Street Journal this week elicited a few nervous squeals from some the NFL’s TV partners.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Iran's capabilities are evaporating by the hour, while American strength grows fiercer, smarter and utterly dominant.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The dancers appear free of themselves and the world, utterly engrossed in music and dance in a way that is generous and fully alive.—
Jennifer Homans,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Physicists hunting for new superconductors often look for a very specific shape hidden in their data—a dome.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Now, both teams head to the Big Ten tournament with opposite momentum and very different stakes, though any number of wins for UCLA can’t hurt its seeding come Selection Sunday.—
Sean Campbell,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The neighborhood/area Downtown Kansas City has sharpened considerably in the last decade.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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Having relied only on non-visual stimuli, their mental models of the world are likely to be considerably different from those of sighted people.—
Sachin Rawat,
Big Think,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Colossally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossally. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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