Standard Lemma guide

hugely

adv · 2 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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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhjuːd͡ʒli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH Y UW1 JH L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Greatly; to a huge extent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • This new movie is hugely inspired from the 1930s cowboy movies.
  • It became hugely successful.
  • She turned around, grinning hugely.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

extremely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was enormously popular

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enormously, tremendously, staggeringly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English hugely, hugeliche, equivalent to huge + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: извънредно много (izvǎnredno mnogo) — hugely
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大大 (dàdà) — hugely
  • Danish: mægtig — hugely
  • Finnish: valtavasti — hugely
  • French: colossalement — hugely
  • Italian: vastamente — hugely
  • Middle English: hugely — hugely
  • Polish: ogromnie — hugely
  • Russian: весьма́ (vesʹmá) — hugely
  • Russian: о́чень (óčenʹ) — hugely
  • Russian: чрезвыча́йно (črezvyčájno) — hugely
  • Russian: си́льно (sílʹno) — hugely
  • Russian: стра́шно (strášno) — hugely
  • Serbo-Croatian: silno — hugely
  • Serbo-Croatian: силно — hugely