as in highly
to a large extent or degree
your parents will be monumentally disappointed if you don't go to college
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Recent Examples of monumentally
Phys noted that the sculptor used light and shadow to create depth and perspective—techniques that wouldn’t become integrated innovations until the Neolithic period—making this figurine a monumentally significant artistic predecessor.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
Bonk, drafted 22nd that year — or, 15 places after Matvei Michkov — is set to turn pro this season after a monumentally successful four-year stint with the London Knights, who captured a Memorial Cup championship last season and an OHL league title in 2024.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
That has monumentally changed college sports, of course, funneling schools into the Big Ten and SEC while decimating conferences like our old Pac-12 – but not the appeal of Pac-12 After Dark.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
Bonk, drafted 22nd that year — or, 15 places after Matvei Michkov — is set to turn pro this season after a monumentally successful four-year stint with the London Knights, who captured a Memorial Cup championship last season and an OHL league title in 2024.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
That has monumentally changed college sports, of course, funneling schools into the Big Ten and SEC while decimating conferences like our old Pac-12 – but not the appeal of Pac-12 After Dark.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monumentally
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Welfare advocates, long highly critical of the San Jose animal shelter, are warning of a potential legal fight if the agency fails to improve animal care — accusing the city of neglect, gross negligence and repeating violations of state law.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Prior to the board's decision, renters and residents against the decision spoke highly about the mall, and its charm.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Our friend Chakin Valadez will be greatly missed.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Scientists in Switzerland have recently come up with a recyclable epoxy resin that could greatly slash plastic production from aircrafts, cars and wind turbines which until now were almost impossible to reuse.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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There are shades of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea here, the supreme dislocation of being a person in a world where others are so utterly unknowable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Meatball has utterly destroyed the Quincy brand.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Democratic Party is looking to the post-Trump era, too, with divisions that are considerably more public.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Phase 1 campaigning and gladhanding will be slowing down considerably this week as Oscar voters check off their ballots.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
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Eating too much saturated fat can raise your cholesterol, a waxy substance that can build up in your arteries, narrowing and constricting them, and affecting blood flow.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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But by the time the confrontation began the crowd had already shrunken and dispersed, leaving a much smaller group of activists.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Monumentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monumentally. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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