vastly

English

Etymology

From vast +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvæstli/
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Adverb

vastly (comparative more vastly, superlative most vastly)

  1. Greatly, in a vast manner.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎[1]:
      “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. […] Steerage is like everything else maritime […] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
    • 2018 July 24, Kaitlan Collins, “Exclusive: White House stops announcing calls with foreign leaders”, in CNN‎[2]:
      After Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in April 2017, the two sides offered vastly different accounts of what was discussed.

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