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[ adverb ] to a very great degree or extent

Examples

"we enjoyed ourselves very much" "she was very much interested" "this would help a great deal"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

`` He 's looking a_lot better , and he 's able to run '' , Meek explained .

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

Or : `` I walk_around the house a_lot '' .

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

I put a_lot more trust in my two legs than in the gun , because the most important thing I had learned about war was that you could run_away and survive to talk_about it .

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

Lot of people waiting to see you , though '' .

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

That helped a_lot .

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