hugely

English

Etymology

From Middle English hugely, hugeliche, equivalent to huge +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːd͡ʒli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

hugely (not comparable)

1. greatly; to a huge extent

   This new movie is hugely inspired from the 1930s cowboy movies.

   It became hugely successful.

   She turned around, grinning hugely.

   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     But the row highlighted the fall from grace of the ethnically diverse women Sarkozy once promoted but later cast aside, who are now rebelling. The former young sports minister, Rama Yade, outspoken and hugely popular, has not only quit the government: she has left Sarkozy's party.

Translations

hugely

• Bulgarian: извънредно много (izvǎnredno mnogo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大大 (zh) (dàdà)

• Danish: mægtig
• Finnish: valtavasti (fi)
• French: colossalement (fr)
• Italian: vastamente
• Middle English: hugely
• Polish: ogromnie (pl)
• Russian: весьма́ (ru) (vesʹmá), о́чень (ru) (óčenʹ), чрезвыча́йно (ru) (črezvyčájno), си́льно (ru) (sílʹno), стра́шно (ru) (strášno)
• Serbo-Croatian: silno (sh), силно

Anagrams

• Hugley

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hogely, hougely, hugeliche, hugelie

Etymology

From huge +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiu̯d͡ʒ(ə)liː/

Adverb

hugely

1. Hugely; to a huge size, degree, or extent.
2. (by extension) In a large number; profusely.

Descendants

• English: hugely

References

• “hūǧelī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.