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enormously

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 N AO1 R M AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IY0 N AO1 R M AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Gloria is enormously pleased with our progress.
  • He was enormously popular.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Shockingly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

extremely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was enormously popular

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tremendously, hugely, staggeringly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English enormous Middle English -ly English -ly English enormously From enormous + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: enormement — to an enormous degree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大大 (dàdà) — to an enormous degree
  • Esperanto: enorme — to an enormous degree
  • Finnish: valtavasti — to an enormous degree
  • Finnish: suunnattomasti — to an enormous degree
  • French: énormément — to an enormous degree
  • Italian: enormemente — to an enormous degree
  • Norman: ênormément — to an enormous degree
  • Portuguese: enormemente — to an enormous degree
  • Spanish: enormemente — to an enormous degree