See greatly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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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