Enormously
/ɪˈnɔːməsli/
Definitions
To a very great degree or extent; extremely.
/ɪˈnɔːməsli/
To a very great extent or degree; very much.
The new technology has helped enormously to improve efficiency.
💡 Simply: Imagine you LOVE pizza. You might say you enjoy it enormously! That means you love it *a lot*, a super big amount.
👶 For kids: It means a really, really big amount or a really, really big way.
More Examples
He was enormously pleased with his results.
The city has grown enormously in the past decade.
The project benefited enormously from her expertise.
How It's Used
"The company's profits increased enormously last year."
"The new marketing campaign was enormously successful."
From Middle English 'enormous', from Old French 'enorme', from Latin 'enormis' meaning 'out of the norm' or 'immense'. The suffix '-ly' indicates it's an adverb.
The word 'enormously' has been used since the late 17th century, often in written texts to emphasize the degree or extent of something.
Memory tip
Think of something that is 'enormous' (very big). Then, '-ly' turns it into a way of describing how something is done or happens - in a huge way!