adv
Meaning 1
Greatly, in a vast manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vastly
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈvæstli/
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adverb
Meaning 2
to an exceedingly great extent or degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He had vastly overestimated his resources
- was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immensely
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English vast Middle English -ly English -ly English vastly From vast + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: ohromně — greatly, in a vast manner
- Esperanto: treege — greatly, in a vast manner
- Esperanto: vaste — greatly, in a vast manner
- French: beaucoup — greatly, in a vast manner
- Georgian: ძალზე (ʒalze) — greatly, in a vast manner
- Georgian: ძალიან (ʒalian) — greatly, in a vast manner
- Georgian: მეტად (meṭad) — greatly, in a vast manner
- Georgian: დიდად (didad) — greatly, in a vast manner
- German: erheblich — greatly, in a vast manner
- German: ungeheuer — greatly, in a vast manner
- Slovak: ohromne — greatly, in a vast manner
- Spanish: inmensamente — greatly, in a vast manner
- Telugu: విస్తారముగా (vistāramugā) — greatly, in a vast manner