roaringly

adverb

as in extremely
to a great degree a roaringly successful Broadway play

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Recent Examples of roaringly Apple's latest Mac Mini is one of the best compact PCs on the market, with the new M4 processor delivering rip-roaringly fast macOS performance for productivity, creativity, and wasting time. — PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roaringly
  1. extremely
  2. incredibly
  3. very
  4. terribly
  5. highly
  6. too
  7. damn
  8. damned
Adverb
  • Be vigilant about never leaving young children and pets in vehicles without supervision, especially during periods of intense heat, as car interiors can quickly become extremely hot.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Surveillance of a suspect can take hours or days, and is extremely resource-intensive.
    — Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • The senior-citizen ballers, whose core lineup still incredibly includes Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, may even take things on the road.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Graham and his sister shared an incredibly close relationship.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of incredibly
Adverb
  • Dior presented its Diorissima collection at Villa Dior, a space dedicated to Dior’s very important customers (VICs).
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 10 July 2026
  • The stewards of the forest About 100 miles northwest of the Tahoe Basin, lower down in the foothills, survivors of the epic 2018 Camp fire that destroyed the town of Paradise have a very different relationship with forest stewards.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of very
Adverb
  • The reputations of our decent and hard-working journalists were terribly impugned, and today they have been exonerated.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • Your assumption of my competence, while gracious, would be terribly misguided.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • Talks with Occhiuto were cordial, but Hammer made clear that alternative sources of international staff would be highly appreciated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Traditional industrial robotics require precise, expensive programming for highly specific environments.
    — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • Spindle said the Samueli Foundation has launched a third fund, OC Plus, that’s aimed at helping local nonprofits collaborate on projects that might be too big, or too complex, for a single nonprofit.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • But that is labor intensive, and when a fire burns thousands of acres, the time and cost involved can be too high.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of too
Adverb
  • Hodad’s is a third-generation small business, a San Diego treasure that makes a damn good burger.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Williams is too young to be this damn good.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of damn
Adverb
  • The Rolling Stones, down to two original members, have released their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, and most of it is pretty damned good.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
  • But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of damned

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“Roaringly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roaringly. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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