: 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
Rita FelcianoExamples of vastly in a Sentence
the team has vastly improved in the course of the season
vastly underestimated the cost of advertising the new product
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
The stock, which has roughly doubled over the past 12 months to an all-time high of $742, has vastly outperformed such tech behemoths as Apple (up 20%) and Microsoft (up about 1%).
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
People who didn't attend college and earn less have a vastly different experience.
—Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Identifying such subregions across the brain, Hintiryan said, could resolve debates between neuroscientists who assign vastly different functions to the same large brain region.
—Amber Dance, Quanta Magazine, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Vastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vastly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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