tremendously

adverb

tre·​men·​dous·​ly tri-ˈmen-dəs-lē 

: to a great or tremendous extent : extremely

a tremendously important decision

a tremendously impressive performance

It was tremendously depressing for me to work there, and it happened that I was not enjoying going to work, so I requested a transfer.

—Sydney Lewis

In between is the real movie: the kinetic beauty of parkour, captured in tremendously enjoyable high-speed sequences that, once again, draw energy from the photogenic beauty of everyday New York City landscapes.

—Lisa Schwarzbaum

Synonyms

• astronomically
• big-time
• broadly
• colossally
• considerably
• enormously
• extensively
• greatly
• highly
• hugely
• largely
• massively
• monstrously
• monumentally
• much
• sizably
• staggeringly
• stupendously
• utterly
• vastly

Examples of tremendously in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gold said scientific research has expanded tremendously over the last decade and has revealed that the scale of the problem is far larger than had been predicted. —Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024

This helps you tremendously to get into the music and find real emotion. —Jon Burlingame, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024

Whoever wins the election will take the helm of an economy that immigrant workers are supporting tremendously — and likely will keep powering for years to come. —Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024

The Bee asked the U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review for data that show how many new cases have been filed in the past few years in immigration courts in San Francisco and Sacramento, which migrant advocates say are tremendously backlogged. —Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024

But the earthquake internet works tremendously well. —Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024

However, early research has shown that CBD’s anti-inflammatory properties could actually help tremendously. —Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024

These features have made U.S. alliances tremendously attractive, effective, and stabilizing—which is why Europe and East Asia have been so peaceful since World War II and why Washington has more trouble keeping prospective members out than luring them in. —Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024

That does not allow players to gather the same head of steam for those tremendously violent collisions that occur with traditional kickoffs. —Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1669, in the meaning defined above