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colossally

colossally adverb: in a colossal manner, or to a colossal extent.

Adverb

colossally (comparative more colossally, superlative most colossally)

  1. In a colossal manner, or to a colossal extent.
    • Primitive people, colossally ignorant of the cause of disease and of curative processes, attributed to supernatural agencies any causes and effects for which their simple minds could give no natural explanations.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253

Forms of colossally

comparativemore colossally
superlativemost colossally

Origin of colossally

From colossal + -ly.

Questions about colossally

What does colossally mean?
Colossally means in a colossal manner, or to a colossal extent.
What part of speech is colossally?
Colossally is an adverb.

Words near colossally in the dictionary

  1. Coloss.
  2. colossal
  3. colossal squid
  4. colossal squids
  5. colossality
  6. colossally
  7. colossalness
  8. colossea
  9. colossean
  10. colossendeid
  11. colossendeids

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