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