monumentally

adverb

Definition of monumentallynext
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 Leading a government delivering services for 70 million people will be a monumentally larger task with problems on a larger scale and facing issues foreign to a leader of a region with 3 million residents. — ABC News, 19 July 2026 Between there, and running upstairs to supervise fittings of his monumentally sculptural work with his stylist Tallulah Harlech, the designer caught a rare moment to sit and talk. — Sarah Mower, Vogue, 3 July 2026 The pharmaceutical giants behind the monumentally successful weight loss drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro have been teasing an expansion into other aesthetic fields like hair loss or skin care. — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 24 June 2026 By populating the green with so many conflicting personalities, director and cowriter Harold Ramis makes golf seem both monumentally silly and, despite its staid trappings, unexpectedly freewheeling. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026 The closure of the Parkway East will be monumentally disruptive to the extent that PennDOT is suggesting that planning a vacation might be a good idea. — John Shumway, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 Yes, there were two monumentally disappointing campaigns in that span, both unspooled by drama. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 The state funeral was to be held the next day, and while everyone else would write about the ceremonies, the dignitaries attending, and the circumstances that led to the monumentally somber occasion, Breslin decided to tell a different story. — Harrison Monarth, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 The deluge of Canucks content on Wednesday ran the gamut from meaningful to concerning to monumentally preposterous. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monumentally
  1. highly
  2. greatly
  3. utterly
  4. considerably
  5. much
Adverb
  • These guys might do much of the unglamorous work that goes unnoticed, breaking up play, playing short passes and sliding across into position to snuff out counter-attacks, but their role is highly valued in the transfer market.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • People who have it are highly capable learners, but need to be taught in a direct, explicit way.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • Reports of Usher’s replication have been greatly exaggerated.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Aug. 2026
  • These had declined sharply over the last few years, as employer hiring had greatly diminished.
    — Harry Holzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of greatly
Adverb
  • Representations of pregnant bodies were utterly transformed in the thirty years following Moore’s famous cover.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • His factory boss, aware of Shigejiro’s situation at home, applauded his utterly straightforward personality and indeed even raised his salary.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of utterly
Adverb
  • Higher stakes The stakes rise considerably when attackers target operational technology.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • That dynamic varies considerably from installment to installment.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of considerably
Adverb
  • Fernandes says the north side of the park is much better than the south side because his team is working section by section to bring change, noting that a safe park is critical to the well-being of the people who live in the area.
    — Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And spreading out shots is not necessarily safer, because the diseases that vaccines prevent or make milder can have consequences that are much more serious than the fever or muscle soreness that can follow vaccination.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of much

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“Monumentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monumentally. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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