as in highly
to a large extent or degree
a stupendously successful Broadway debut
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Recent Examples of stupendously
Meantime — as semis grow stupendously overbought relative to their own uptrend — financials, consumer cyclicals and the equal-weight S & P 500 are all down a bit for the week.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Her fandom is stupendously large, kind and loyal.
—Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Her fandom is stupendously large, kind and loyal.
—Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupendously
Adverb
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Although timber remains the primary long-term commercial value, growing improved varieties for both nuts and timber is considered potentially highly profitable, provided there is a long-term perspective and proper tree management.—
Randy Moll,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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Grodd is a member of a highly-intelligent society of gorillas that gained psychic powers and other abilities after coming into contact with an alien spaceship.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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And the books, many of them, have greatly mattered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fewer than 900 road-going Miuras were made, but few other cars built in such small numbers have gone on to change automotive history quite so greatly.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The defining image of this exact fixture back in February was Szoboszlai lying face-down on the pitch at full time of Liverpool’s 2-0 away win, utterly spent.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani, 34, is a charismatic socialist who has limited experience in the private sector and seems utterly unconcerned about his guiding philosophy’s long track record of creating misery.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The ball has gone through his hands considerably less than Denver’s other four starters so far.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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But Deza, a lawyer who is considerably savvier than the public defenders that her case was previously foisted upon, takes an interest in the injustice and agrees to represent her pro-bono.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Pelosi retires and Dems begin generational civil war Nancy Pelosi, 85, announced her retirement yesterday as a new generation of much younger Democrats bridles against the elderly cadre under former President Biden, 82, who led them to defeat in the last presidential election.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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The underlying principle is the same one that’s at play in the modern LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA detectors, but with a much smaller-scale set of experiments.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Stupendously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupendously. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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