adv
Meaning 1
Of or relating to astronomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
astronomically
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adv
Meaning 2
In the extreme, very (typically very large).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
Qualifier: degree
Examples
- The calculated answer was astronomically large.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
enormously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the bill was astronomically high
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English astronomical Middle English -ly English -ly English astronomically From astronomical + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فَلَكِيًّا (falakiyyan) — relating to astronomy
- Catalan: astronòmicament — relating to astronomy
- Dutch: astronomisch — relating to astronomy
- Finnish: tähtitieteellisesti — relating to astronomy
- Finnish: astronomisesti — relating to astronomy
- Galician: astronomicamente — relating to astronomy
- Greek: αστρονομικά (astronomiká) — relating to astronomy
- Italian: astronomicamente — relating to astronomy
- Maltese: astronomikament — relating to astronomy
- Polish: astronomicznie — relating to astronomy
- Portuguese: astronomicamente — relating to astronomy
- Russian: астрономически (astronomičeski) — relating to astronomy
- Spanish: astronómicamente — relating to astronomy
- Dutch: astronomisch — in the extreme
- Galician: astronomicamente — in the extreme
- Italian: astronomicamente — in the extreme
- Polish: astronomicznie — in the extreme
- Portuguese: astronomicamente — in the extreme
- Spanish: astronómicamente — in the extreme