"immensely" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ɪˈmɛnsli/ Audio: En-uk-immensely.ogg [UK] Forms: more immensely [comparative], most immensely [superlative]
Etymology: immense + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|immense|ly}} immense + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} immensely (comparative more immensely, superlative most immensely)
  1. Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great extent. Related terms: immensity Translations (hugely; extremely; vastly): необикновено (neobiknoveno) (Bulgarian), много (mnogo) (Bulgarian), immensament (Catalan), valtavasti (Finnish), suunnattomasti (Finnish), énormément (French), immensément (French), mérhetetlenül (Hungarian), végtelenül (Hungarian), rendkívül (Hungarian), înmensement (Norman), onjehea (Plautdietsch), niezmiernie (Polish), bezbrzeżnie (Polish), imensamente (Portuguese), inmensamente (Spanish)

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