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as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals
as commander of the Union army's first black regiment, Robert Gould Shaw died as greatly as he had lived
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2
as in highly
to a large extent or degree
authorities have greatly increased the scope of their investigation of corruption in the mayor's office
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3
as in extremely
to a great degree
I'm not greatly bothered by this setback
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Recent Examples of greatly
Early spring bass like white or yellow, and spinners help greatly to get the attention of fish in early morning, evening, and on cloudy days.
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Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
And that can vary greatly depending on where your family lives.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
In a post announcing his passing, The W said he would be greatly missed by all who knew him.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Since theatrical tastes have greatly changed in the past two decades, Disney spent a modest $42 million to produce the sequel.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
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Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
And that can vary greatly depending on where your family lives.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
In a post announcing his passing, The W said he would be greatly missed by all who knew him.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Since theatrical tastes have greatly changed in the past two decades, Disney spent a modest $42 million to produce the sequel.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greatly
Adverb
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Still, these businesses work to maintain complex supply chains with multiple suppliers, which is both time consuming and highly manual.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Aug. 2025
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Along with affordable exotics, young collectors are also paying up for supercars, especially rare and highly specific Paganis, Bugattis and Rufs, the boutique German builder.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Nevertheless, a five-time winner losing the season-long race to an opponent who hasn't won a single event is something extremely improbable to see on any other major golf tour.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Musiala can be highly effective against low blocks, making his absence extremely unhelpful, regardless of Bayern’s many advantages.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Despite his status as a pop culture icon for close to 50 years now, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic has claimed he’s not terribly bothered about being overlooked by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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Plus, those businesses rely on a strong supply chain, which has been terribly disrupted by tariffs in recent months.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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That album dropped five years after Khalid’s second album, 2019’s Free Spirit, which makes After the Sun Goes Down a much quicker release.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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The playwright Henrik Ibsen coined the term friluftsliv in the nineteenth century, but the concept is much older and encompasses outdoor activities from hiking in the forest to paddling across a lake to simply sitting in a wooded park and listening to the birds.—
Marc Berman
August 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, the argument is often made by industry that plastics can sequester carbon from fossil fuels for the very long term, unless they are burned.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Her Ancestry matches had uncovered that her biological father was very likely an African American man.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The active growth period for these two classes of turfgrass differs significantly.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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The findings showed a clear pattern where couples who spent more of the conversation laughing together (even after accounting for all other laughter) reported feeling significantly closer and more supported by their partner.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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However, Boone was incredibly complimentary of Rice’s catching skills on Monday and Tuesday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Twitch recently banned her, with people citing that cheating on stream is against its TOS, but then early today she was unbanned, making that duration incredibly short.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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And Just Like That left us with felt, sadly and utterly disappointingly, far more one-dimensional.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Kudos to Kan-Kan for making movie-going utterly pleasant.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Greatly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greatly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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