greatly

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɡɹeɪtli/ See IPA manual

Freq #7579

Meanings

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adv
Very much; to a large extent.

With practice, their performance improved greatly.

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Synonyms

1 adv · very much; to a large extent. drastically very

Opposites

slightly

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Etymology

From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly.

gretly Middle English

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Describing Qualities

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