greatly

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greatly

/ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/
/ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.liː/ UK
/ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/ Canada, US
/ˈɡɹæɪ̯t.liː/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈɡɹet.li/ Scotland
/ˈɡɾeːʈ.liː/ India
/ˈɡɾɛjʈ.liː/ India
/ˈɡɾeː(j)ʈ.liː/ India

Rhymes with -eɪtli

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Inherited from Middle English gretly. By surface analysis, great + -ly.

adverb more greatly · greater · greatlier · most greatly · greatest · greatliest

To a great extent or degree. Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year, much to nobody's surprise.
Similar: very, drastically, above a bit, absolutely, sorely, widely, horribly, horrendously, bone, abundantly, all too, all · Opposite: slightly
archaic Nobly; magnanimously. His Suff’rings ſhine, and ſpread a Glory round him; Greatly unfortunate, he fights the Cauſe Of Honour, Virtue, Liberty, and Rome.

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Closest in meaning: hugely, vastly, enormously, much, immensely, tremendously, overwhelmingly, mucho, exceedingly, mightily, significantly, exceptionally, appreciably, extraordinarily, substantially, extremely

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adv to a great extent or degree

Español	grandemente, enormemente, sobremanera
日本語	大いに ōini
中文	大大 dàdà
Français	grandement
Italiano	molto, grandemente, assai, oltremodo, parecchio, tanto
Русский	си́льно sílʹno, суще́ственно suščéstvenno, значи́тельно značítelʹno, весьма́ vesʹmá
العربية	بشكل كبير

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@misc{greatly_2026,
  title = {greatly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/greatly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}