[
UK
/ɡɹˈeɪtli/
]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪtɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪtɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
to an extraordinary extent or degree
he improved greatly
How To Use greatly In A Sentence
- She suffered greatly while she was alive, so let us hope her soul is now at peace.
- Some find it repugnant, others see them as casualties in an undeclared war that is greatly preferable to the alternative of full-scale conflict. Times, Sunday Times
- Their support was greatly appreciated and all within the club are grateful for their help and co-operation.
- Application forms vary greatly in layout and length.
- We were greatly relieved at the the news of their safe return.
- In this high opinion of his own rank, he was greatly fortified by his ideas of the military profession, which, in his phrase, made a valiant cavalier a camarade to an emperor. A Legend of Montrose
- Of course what is small will inevitably vary greatly according to the circumstances and to say that a curtilage is a small area is obviously not to provide any precise test of identification.
- Of course they spoke of their brew as if it were a medicinal cure-all when in reality they produced highly refined and greatly prized moonshine.
- If the system is treating holidays like weekends, then the risk of substandard care is greatly increased across the year. Times, Sunday Times
- Pasture lands and meadow lands are often greatly improved by replowing and harrowing in order to break up the turf that forms and to admit air more freely into the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition