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[ adverb ] to a great extent or degree
Examples "he improved greatly" "greatly reduced" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Generally , your employee will greatly appreciate benefits that protect him during his working life or during retirement . (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)It may , however , be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris . (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)Both these youths , who greatly admired Henrietta , were somewhat younger than she , as were also the neighboring Friedenwald boys , who were then studying medicine ; and bright though they all were , they could not possibly compete for her interest with Papa , whose mind - although he never tried to dazzle or patronize lesser lights with it - naturally eclipsed theirs and made them seem to her even younger than they were . (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)The task of providing a reasonable level of military strength , without endangering other vital aspects of our security , is greatly complicated by the swift pace of scientific progress . For_example , the importance of the Regulus_2 , , a very promising aerodynamic ship to surface missile designed to be launched by surfaced submarines , was greatly diminished by the successful acceleration of the much more advanced Polaris ballistic_missile launched by submerged submarines . |
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