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Antonyms for immensely


Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : ih-mens
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɛns



Definition of immensely

Origin :
  • 1650s, from immense + -ly (2).
  • As in over : adj in addition
  • As in overly : adv excessively
  • As in awfully : adv very
  • As in too : adv excessively
  • As in unduly : adv excessively
  • As in overmuch : adv unduly
  • As in extremely : adv greatly, intensely
  • As in greatly : adv considerably
  • As in highly : adv very, well
Example sentences :
  • They were immensely excited, not at all awestricken, entirely friendly.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Finding the Dog able to do it immensely, made the match, and heavily backed the Dog.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • If you will be a little friendly, they would like it immensely.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • They were immensely amused and interested with any particulars about her.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • Our ladies are celebrated for their beauty, and are immensely popular, I can assure you.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • One of the ladies, dressed in black-and-white check, was immensely stout.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Magnify that immensely, increase enormously the noise, and one had the War!
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • But of course we can hardly enjoy nonsense that might amuse them immensely.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • You are immensely illiterate; but I will reply to your interrogatory.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • In the early days of their acquaintance, Gervaise embarrassed him immensely.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for immensely

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