Greatly — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Greatly (adverb) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals

   "as commander of the Union army's first black regiment, Robert Gould Shaw died as greatly as he had lived"

   similar: gallantly, grandly, greatheartedly, heroically, high-mindedly, honorably, magnanimously, nobly
   related: loftily, venerably, magnificently, majestically, bravely, chivalrously, courageously, valiantly
   opposite: basely, currishly, dishonorably, ignobly
   near: abominably, contemptibly, despicably, detestably, hatefully, nastily, pitiably, sorrily, wretchedly, degenerately

2. to a large extent or degree

   "authorities have greatly increased the scope of their investigation of corruption in the mayor's office"

   similar: astronomically, big-time, broadly, colossally, considerably, enormously, extensively, highly, hugely, largely, massively, monstrously, monumentally, much, sizably, staggeringly, stupendously, tremendously, utterly, vastly, a lot, by half, no end
   related: appreciably, noticeably, significantly, abundantly, amply, copiously, healthily, plentifully
   opposite: little, negligibly, nominally, slightly
   near: modestly, fractionally, imperceptibly, infinitesimally, insignificantly, invisibly, microscopically, minutely, barely, hardly, just, minimally, scarcely

3. to a great degree

   "I'm not greatly bothered by this setback"

   similar: achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly, extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous (chiefly dialect), mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly, a lot, as all get-out, good and
   related: absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively, purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly, deeply, profoundly, exceptionally, notably, remarkably, considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially, appreciably, discernibly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly, abundantly, plentifully, astronomically, grandly, monstrously, monumentally, excessively, obscenely, overmuch, amazingly, astonishingly, staggeringly
   opposite: little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
   near: meagerly, scantily, barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely