: to a very great or vast degree or extent : exceedingly
two people with vastly different tastes
a vastly more powerful bomb
But bluff and bravado … won against potential enemies who vastly outnumbered him.—
David Gilmour
David GilmourIt was the most eclectic—yet also vastly entertaining—evening of dance I have seen in a long time.—Rita Felciano
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the team has vastly improved in the course of the season
vastly underestimated the cost of advertising the new product
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
But the energy here is vastly different, with Morgan’s genteel suburbanite hazily floating through this next chapter in her life.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Today’s nuclear technology is vastly safer than the technologies that were in place half a century ago.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The Miami Hurricanes’ wide receiver situation can be viewed through two vastly different prisms.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
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“Vastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vastly. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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