Antonyms for enormously
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : ih-nawr-muhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnɔr məs |
Definition of enormously
Origin :- 1530s, from Latin enormis "out of rule, irregular, shapeless, extraordinary, very large," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + norma "rule, norm" (see norm), with English -ous substituted for Latin -is.
- Meaning "extraordinary in size" is attested from 1540s; original sense of "outrageous" is more clearly preserved in enormity. Earlier in same sense was enormyous (mid-15c.). Related: Enormously.
- As in vastly : adv immensely
- As in exceedingly : adv very; exceptionally
- As in greatly : adv considerably
- He had been enormously relieved when his mother returned to Ireland.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- "It is enormously important, I grant--enormously," he repeated, reflectively.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Their chariots, enormously outnumbered, were destroyed rather than defeated.
- Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
- The roads, however, abound in mud, and the streams are enormously swollen.
- Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
- Now, by the new device of boiling, the food-supply was enormously increased.
- Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit
- The Pasha tells me in confidence that he is enormously wealthy.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- Sarah's awe of Henry, always great, was enormously increased.
- Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
- The spectacle of that girl hobnobbing with Lennox had interested her enormously.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- Every day's delay in its capture will enormously multiply your casualties.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- I thought that I was dancing a waltz with an enormously tall woman.
- Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade
Synonyms for enormously
- abundantly
- awfully
- by much
- conspicuously
- eminently
- emphatically
- enormously
- especially
- exceedingly
- exceptionally
- excessively
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- famously
- glaringly
- greatly
- highly
- hugely
- immeasurably
- immensely
- immoderately
- in a marked degree
- in great measure
- incalculably
- incomparably
- incredibly
- indeed
- infinitely
- inimitably
- inordinately
- intensely
- largely
- markedly
- mightily
- most
- much
- notably
- on a large scale
- powerful
- powerfully
- really
- remarkably
- strikingly
- superlatively
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- too much
- tremendously
- unusually
- vastly
- very much
- vitally
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