adverb
definition
To a great extent or degree.
example
Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year.
synonyms
definition
Nobly; magnanimously.
Examples of greatly in a Sentence
He was greatly depressed.
I was greatly amused at the idea of your writing the square hand.
It has diminished greatly since Smolensk.
He has greatly improved.
The girl, greatly astonished, ran to lean over the edge of the roof, and saw the man walking rapidly through the air toward the ground.
Then came World War I, which utilized these institutions and greatly expanded the size of the federal government.
But Miss Sullivan shook her head, and I was greatly puzzled and disappointed.
The number of spiracles is greatly reduced; in the adult a pair is present on the mesothorax, sometimes also a pair on the metathorax, and there is always a pair on the first and another pair on the eighth abdominal segment.
That could be attributed greatly to the fact that she had avoided any relationships.
The pope was greatly alarmed, and although he was then involved in war with France he sent about 30,000 ducats to the Hungarians.
In external appearance, climate and productions, Fuerteventura greatly resembles Lanzarote.
Nay, it is greatly overrated; and it is our selfishness which overrates it.
How long this state of things continued Dorothy could not even guess, she was so greatly bewildered.
I had made my beloved poet weep, and I was greatly distressed.
The vessel had done much damage to the Federal naval forces, and her destruction was greatly desired.
Both had changed greatly since they last met and both were in a hurry to show the changes that had taken place in them.
At the end of 1709 he went to Dresden for twelve months for finishing lessons in French and German, mathematics and fortification, and, his education completed, he was married, greatly against his will, to the princess Charlotte of BrunswickWolfenbiittel, whose sister espoused, almost simultaneously, the heir to the Austrian throne, the archduke Charles.
The narrative affected her greatly when first she listened to it.
Even at the same place thunderstorms vary greatly in intensity and duration.
To the north of the village, which has extended greatly as a residential suburb of the metropolis, is Mill Hill, with a Roman Catholic Missionary College, opened in 1871, with branches at Rosendaal, Holland and Brixen, Austria, and a preparatory school at Freshfield near Liverpool; and a large grammar school founded by Nonconformists in 1807.
Except on Charles Island, where settlement has existed longest, little or no influence of the presence of man is evident in the group; still, the running wild of dogs and cats, and, as regards the vegetation, especially goats, must in a comparatively short period greatly modify the biological conditions of the islands.
For the moment the earl of Surrey (who in King Henry VIII.'s absence was charged with the defence of the realm) had no organized force in the north of England, but James wasted much precious time among the border castles, and when Surrey appeared at Wooler, with an army equal in strength to his own, which was now greatly weakened by privations and desertion, he had not advanced beyond Ford Castle.
And yet, each time he caught her, she was embarrassed – which amused him greatly.
In 1337 the industry received an impulse from the settlement of a party of Flemish clothiers, and extended so greatly that when it was found necessary in 1566 to appoint by act of parliament deputies to assist the aulnegers, Bolton is named as one of the places where these deputies were to be employed.
Although not gathered for the table in England, it is greatly prized in some parts of the Continent.
From 1811 to 1818 Lord Selkirk's attempted colonization greatly increased the population; from the time of his failure till 1869 the settlers lived quietly under the mild rule of the Hudson's Bay Company.
France, with a greatly inferior population, now trains every man who is physically capable.
Mopsvestia 1 Roman Catholic writers vary greatly in their estimate of Theodoret's christology and of his general orthodoxy.
On the other hand it is hardly likely that all his comedies (which greatly exceeded in number the extant twenty) were produced during the last twenty years of his life.
They are compounds which greatly resemble the mixed ethers of the aliphatic series.
The varied uses of india-rubber in modern times, however, have given them a greatly enhanced importance and value.
In 1778 he published at Amsterdam his Legislation orientale, in which he endeavoured to prove that the nature of oriental despotism had been greatly misrepresented.
I wear it always when we're together as it gives comfort to him about our situation which I know troubles him greatly.
At that time many were in serious disrepair, but most of them have been greatly improved by the construction of proper regulators and sluices.
The proportion varies greatly.
The association of this metal with silver in the Broken Hill mines of New South Wales adds very greatly to the value of the product.
In the Gundagai district the industry was rapidly becoming a valuable one, but the low price of chrome has greatly restricted the output.
The earnings per train-mile vary greatly; but for all the lines the average is 7s.
Researches go to show that Baiame has his counterpart in other tribes, the myth varying greatly in detail.
Pelsaert was wrecked on Houtman's Abrolhos; his crew mutinied, and he and his party suffered greatly from want of water.
The intelligence was made known in April or May; and then began a rush of thousands, - men leaving their former employments in the bush or in the towns to search for the ore so greatly coveted in all ages.
This has greatly facilitated the formation of large estates devoted chiefly to grazing purposes, contrary to the policy of the legislature, which has everywhere sought to encourage tillage, or tillage joined to stock-rearing, and to discourage large holdings.
The consuming power of the population was greatly diminished, and in the year following the crisis the imports into Australia from abroad diminished by four and three-quarter millions.
The truth is, pastoralists for the most part carried on their industry trusting very greatly to luck, not making any special provisions against the vicissitudes of the seasons.
When the excitement consequent on the gold finds had subsided, there was a considerable reaction against the claims of Labour, and this was greatly helped by the congested state of the labour market; but the principle of an eight-hours day made progress, and was conceded in several trades.
Under the latter prince the country prospered greatly, and having introduced the principle of primogeniture, he died and was succeeded by his infant son, Bernard Ernest Freund (1800-1882), whose mother, Eleanora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, governed in his name until 1821.
At this crisis the hands of Orange and the patriotic party were greatly strengthened by a new compact entitled " The Union of Brussels," which was extensively signed es eciall in the southern Netherlands.
The knights, who as farmers of the taxes had suffered heavy losses during the disturbances in Syria, were greatly embittered against Gabinius, and, when he appeared in the senate to give an account of his governorship, he was brought to trial on three counts, all involving a capital offence.
The soil is for the most part glacial drift, composed of clay, sand and gravel, and varying greatly in depth.
The "Turco," Hylactes megapodius, is larger, with greatly developed feet and claws, but is very similar in colour and habits.