vastly

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Etymology

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From vast +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

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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.”

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