greatly
adv/ˈɡɹeɪtli/
Etymology
From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly.
- inherited from gretly
Definitions
To a great extent or degree.
- Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year, much to nobody's surprise.
- He was more greatly beloved than anyone in living memory.
- I admire Elvis Presley greatly.
Nobly
Nobly; magnanimously.
- His Suff’rings ſhine, and ſpread a Glory round him; Greatly unfortunate, he fights the Cauſe Of Honour, Virtue, Liberty, and Rome.
- But all this our fisher, who was neither a poet, nor a dependent, did not know, so he concluded, that all who were truly great, were truly greatly minded, and noble in soul, as they were exalted by birth, and rich in splendour.
The neighborhood
- antonymslightlyantonym(s) of “to a great extent”
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at greatly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at greatly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at greatly
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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