English Online Dictionary. What means greatly? What does greatly mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtli/
- Rhymes: -eɪtli
Adverb
greatly (comparative greatlier or greater or more greatly, superlative greatliest or greatest or most greatly)
- To a great extent or degree.
- Synonyms: very, drastically
- (archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
Synonyms
- (to a great extent): above a bit (Chester)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to a great extent”): slightly
Translations
Anagrams
- lytarge, graylet
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English gretly, equivalent to graat + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾiːˈtliː/
Adverb
greatly
- greatly
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 26