as in highly
to a large extent or degree
a staggeringly inappropriate comment to make at a funeral
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The condition is highly contagious to other members of the canine family, such as dogs, but does not spread to humans, the department said.—
Mary Jo Pitzl,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Its diverse gastronomic offerings are also a hit with young people; 95% rated the food scene highly.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
14 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
Adverb
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Side-Lying Leg Lifts Inner thigh muscles can greatly benefit from side-lying leg lifts.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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This greatly reduces the risk of unauthorized access.—
Ajai Paul,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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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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These are much harder to find than their stellar and supermassive peers, in size range of a few hundred to a few hundred thousand times the mass of the Sun.—
Krystal Ruiz-Rocha,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Staggeringly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staggeringly. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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