greatlyadverb
uk/ˈɡreɪt.li/us/ˈɡreɪt.li/B2 very much, used especially to show how much you feel or experience something:
I greatly regret not having told the truth.
Her piano playing has greatly improved/has improved greatly.
More examples
- The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated.
- News of the arrest perturbed her greatly.
- I feel that I have benefited greatly from her wisdom.
- If you can help us in a small way it would be greatly appreciated.
- The levels of trade union and political activism in this country have greatly declined in the past 15 years.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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