Synonyms:
vastly, immensely
Meaning: to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator"
Usage examples
But Felix was vastly encouraged.
Time vastly increased its importance.
"I beg your pardon?" she inquired, vastly confused.
The Cardinal would have enjoyed a fight vastly with two or three opponents; but a half-dozen made discretion better than valour.
Thus the Romans could not outflank him, and the effect of their vastly superior numbers in infantry would to some extent be neutralized.
In modern conditions the relations are vastly more complicated; only at the end of a long series do men arrive at the thing which gratifies their wants.
Finding me burdensome, she had passed me on to somebody else with additions that vastly increased my working powers, and then she talked of leaving it to chance!
Substitutes for Knives.--Steel is no doubt vastly better than iron, but it is not essential for the ordinary purposes of life; indeed, most ancient civilized nations had nothing better than iron.
He was vastly surprized at this sight, as he had few if any friends from whom he could expect such a favour, slight as it was; and not one of his friends, as he was apprized, knew of his confinement.
To me, at least in my present circumstances, these would be vastly more interesting than this spectacle of oldtime geology in decay. Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first.