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[ vast -lee, vahst ‐ ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvæst li, ˈvɑst‐ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb to an extremely great extent or degree; hugely:We still have essentially the same brains as early humans, but most of us live in vastly different circumstances than they did.
Origin of vastly vast + -ly
OTHER WORDS FROM vastly su·per·vast·ly, adverb Words nearby vastly vast, Västerås, Vasthi, vastitude, vastity, vastly , vastus, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vasty, vat
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Example sentences from the Web for vastly The two carriers are headquartered in Kuala Lumpur but have vastly different profiles and operating philosophies.
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Our time is so vastly different in its particulars that the parallels work only in broad strokes.
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To prevent further attacks we have vastly improved our defenses at home.
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In terms of options, the cultural world of 1974 was vastly better than that of 1954.
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These numbers, although startling, are thought to “vastly underestimate” the reality.
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The known world of the twelfth century is a very much smaller world than ours, and it is a world of a vastly greater unity.
The Unity of Civilization | Various
She was very happy on her return journey to New York,—in vastly different mood than the one of nine weeks before.
Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort Mitchell
The sound was clear, sharp, and metallic, and vastly higher in pitch than a ship's call.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth | Arthur Train
This being the force, and such the weapons, with which we marched against and defeated the vastly superior army of Narvaez.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. | Robert Kerr
And it's vastly more irksome to give up one's own way, than to hear a few impertinent remarks.
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Words related to vastly tremendously, exceedingly, greatly, extremely, enormously, hugely, largely, mightily, much