VASTLY Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words

vastly

adverb

ˈvast-lē

Definition of vastly next

as in extremely

to a great degree the team has vastly improved in the course of the season

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as in highly

to a large extent or degree vastly underestimated the cost of advertising the new product

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Recent Examples of vastly Three decades later, the climbing landscape on the mountain is vastly different, with huge improvements to safety and communications. —

Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Indeed, this team found six red dwarfs in three different star clusters with vastly more lithium than would be expected. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 May 2026 The fifty-three artists in the show are all living and working in New York (though of vastly varied origins); many of them are young, doing their best in a city that seems to valorize yet beleaguer youth. —

Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 29 May 2026 But teams have vastly different deals. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for vastly

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vastly

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Canfield, as proven by her work in Stereophonic, is extremely able at playing a character with a pristine, almost porcelain surface and roiling depths.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2026
This has been extremely traumatic for both of us, especially Ashley.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026