"greatly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪtli/ Audio: en-us-greatly.ogg [US] Forms: greatlier [comparative], greater [comparative], more greatly [comparative], greatliest [superlative], greatest [superlative], most greatly [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪtli Etymology: From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gretly}} Middle English gretly, {{m|enm|gretely}} gretely, {{m|enm|gretliche}} gretliche, {{m|enm|greteliche}} greteliche, {{suffix|en|great|ly}} great + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|greater|more|sup2=greatest}} greatly (comparative greatlier or greater or more greatly, superlative greatliest or greatest or most greatly)
  1. To a great extent or degree. Synonyms: very, drastically Synonyms (to a great extent): above a bit (english: Chester) Translations (to a great extent): μεγάλως (megálōs) (Ancient Greek), بشكل كبير (Arabic), սաստիկ (sastik) (Armenian), много (mnogo) (Bulgarian), значително (značitelno) (Bulgarian), granment (Catalan), 大大 (dàdà) (Chinese Mandarin), ege (Esperanto), kovin (Finnish), see also kovin (Finnish), grandement (French), grandemente (Galician), მაგრად (magrad) (Georgian), 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌱𐌰 (mikilaba) (Gothic), molto (Italian), grandemente (Italian), assai (Italian), oltremodo (Italian), parecchio (Italian), tanto (Italian), massimamente [archaic] (Italian), 大いに (ōini) (alt: おおいに) (Japanese), magnopere (Latin), grandement (Norman), си́льно (sílʹno) (Russian), суще́ственно (suščéstvenno) (Russian), значи́тельно (značítelʹno) (Russian), весьма́ (vesʹmá) (Russian), बहु (bahu) (Sanskrit), grandemente (Spanish), enormemente (Spanish), sobremanera (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-greatly-en-adv-6R6iXdjp Disambiguation of 'to a great extent': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'to a great extent': 100 0
  2. (archaic) Nobly; magnanimously. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-greatly-en-adv-SXYjhDC6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 15 85

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "tanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "massimamente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おおいに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōini",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "大いに"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "magnopere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "grandement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sílʹno",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "си́льно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suščéstvenno",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "суще́ственно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "značítelʹno",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "значи́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesʹmá",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "весьма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bahu",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "बहु"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "grandemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "enormemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a great extent",
      "word": "sobremanera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "greatly"
}

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