How to use vastly in a sentence
40 example sentences · adverb
Vastly means greatly, in a vast manner. Example: “The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.”
Examples of vastly by meaning
adverbGreatly, in a vast manner.
- After Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in April 2017, the two sides offered vastly different accounts of what was discussed.2018 July 24, Kaitlan Collins, “Exclusive: White House stops announcing calls with foreign leaders”, in CNN
More sentences with vastly
- The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.From the entry retreat
- The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.From the entry retreat
- Thanks to the beautification efforts, the appearance of the highway has vastly improved.From the entry beautification
- The initial stages of a syndrome may differ vastly from the final symptoms.From the entry initial
- They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.From the entry bond
- People have so many that microbe cells living in our bodies outnumber our own vastly.2015 March 13, Ben Brumfield, “You may be your germs: Microbe genes slipped into human DNA, study says”, in CNN, archived from the…. From the entry microbe
- The assumption that a degree will vastly improve future earnings is increasingly misleading.2012, James Margeson, "The quiet assault on public education", The Sphinx (University of Liverpool), March 2012, page 9. From the entry the cake is a lie
- Inflationary theory suggests that the entirety of space is vastly larger.2010, Don N[elson] Page, “Our Place in the Vast Universe”, in Melville Y. Stewart, editor, Science and Religion in Dialogue, volume I…. From the entry googolplex
- Anaximander's interest in cosmogony has been vastly overestimated, and his achievements consistently mispraised.2010, Paul F. O'Rourke (quoting Jonathan Barnes), Offerings to the Discerning Eye, Sue D'Auria (ed.), p. 247 n.25 (Google preview). From the entry mispraise
- American courts sometimes use cherry in place of apple, but the latter fruit vastly predominates.2009, Bryan A. Garner, Garner on Language and Writing, page 525. From the entry set phrase
- Tebow's and Bradford's production and leadership are undeniable, but their recruitments, offenses and personalities are vastly different.2009 January 7, Pete Thamel, “Tebow and Bradford: Different Ways to Reach Summit”, in New York Times. From the entry recruitment
- To a certain extent, the cult movie and the classic are opposites, appealing to vastly different audiences.2008 August 8, Ronald Bergan, “Don't confuse cults with classics”, in The Guardian. From the entry cult
- Any teamster pulling into a truck stop today will almost surely be vastly outnumbered by nonunion drivers.1996 December 18, Dirk Johnson, “Nostalgia Shaped Some Teamster Votes”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Jul 2012. From the entry truck stop
- Soon we had a good view of the diprotodons, relatives of the present-day wombat but vastly larger.1993, Lyon Sprague De Camp, Rivers of Time, page 248. From the entry diprotodon
- They are merely the protrusion into our dimension of vastly hyperintelligent pandimensional beings.1989, Douglas Adams, The More than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide: Complete & Unabridged, Wings Books, page 109. From the entry pandimensional
- You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely mindbogglingly big it is.1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 8, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry mindbogglingly
- In the final analysis, the latter is a vastly difficult problem in living.1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 13, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry hysteria
- TARZAN’S first mission did not bid fair to be either exciting or vastly important.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt…. From the entry spahi
- Like most pieces of agitprop, the Lucas and Sargent paper vastly overstated the deficiencies of the old order.2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, “Introduction: Is Macroeconomics Useful?”, in A Practical Guide to Microeconomics, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire…. From the entry choleric
- Leopard 2s, Challengers and Abrams M-1s have been earmarked for Ukraine and are vastly superior to the Russian main battle tanks.2023 February 20, Tim Lister, “After nearly one year of war, how Ukraine defied the odds — and may still defeat Russia”, in CNN. From the entry M-1
- I also vastly prefer the Cullenmance to the Solasmance.2023 July 26, LikeAWildScallion, Reddit. From the entry Solasmance
- We know that Putin has vastly improved Russia’s armed forces, adding everything from hypersonic missile capabilities to advanced cyberwarfare tools.2022 February 25, Thomas L. Friedman, “We Have Never Been Here Before”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry bring to heel
- Whilst the dress is not vastly different between e-girls and e-boys, the content they put out seems to be.2020, Francesca Ionescu, "E Girl And E Boy Phenomena", Q3 (Cardiff University), Issue 9, 29 April 2020, page 2. From the entry e-boy
- But they carry vastly different price tags, with HDF costing a good deal more than its less dense sibling.2019 September 20, “MDF vs HDF: Understanding Differences and Best Uses in Woodworking”, in Forest Plywood. From the entry HDF
- The high alcohol spending in Jinning Township also vastly contributes to the majority of alcohol expenditure of Kinmen County.2018, Chien-wen Shen et al., “Big Data Visualization of the Alcohol Expenses in Taiwan”, in Data Mining and Big Data: Third International…. From the entry Jinning
- We know more - vastly more - about how we are governed, and that knowledge is the rootstock of consent.2009 January 30, Simon Jenkins, “For real secrets we already have the one-and-a-half-year memoir rule”, in The Guardian. From the entry rootstock
- Vastly more meteorwrongs are found than meteorites.2008, O. Richard Norton, Lawrence A. Chitwood, “A Gallery of Meteorwrongs”, in Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites, London…. From the entry meteorwrong
- Unfortunately, after re-translating the society's transcription of the Coptic text, I have found that the actual meaning is vastly different.2007 December 2, April D. DeConick, “What the Gospel of Judas really says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry retranslate
- Crete is now more wooded (and vastly more treed) than at any time for at least seven hundred years.2003, Alfred Thomas Grove with Oliver Rackham, The Nature of Mediterranean Europe: An Ecological History, page 187. From the entry treed
- An itchless neck gaiter will vastly increase your comfort there.1998, Jules Older, Cross-Country Skiing for Everyone, page 33. From the entry itchless
- And at least the urbanites, with some degree of social sophistication, aren't vastly outnumbered by their close-minded fellows.1996 September 24, Craig, “Focus Canada ( Ted Byfield Calgary Sun)”, in ont.general (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 May 2026. From the entry small-townie
- But the CFM is evidently driven by a vastly superior form of energy which permeates it with contragravitic influence.1989 November-December [1960], Robert Morison, “Driving Whirlwinds”, in The Journal of Borderland Research, volume XLV, number 6…. From the entry contragravitic
- He always opens in London and wins over British audiences before heading to the vastly more expensive Broadway stage.1988, U.S. news & world report: Volume 104, Issues 1-8. From the entry criticproof
- Yet evolutionists would have us believe that things vastly more complex than this happen all of the time.1980, Dennis James Kennedy, The University Extension Journal, Volume 1, Number 4, Word Books, pages 56-57. From the entry superpersistent
- Even the name of the island is vastly under dispute.1962, Sister Maria del Rey, Safari by Jet, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183. From the entry Miaoli
- The stuff they are made of, however, is vastly different.1941 September 8, LIFE, page 73. From the entry playclothes
- In the front room, Podson had sped to the mirror, vastly affronted at the bearded goggler staring back at him.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 145. From the entry goggler
- You’re more like the English who think themselves vastly superior to us and mix only with Mevrouwen and Heeren.1917, Emilie Benson Knipe, Alden Arthur Knipe, A Maid of Old Manhattan, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 24. From the entry mevrouw
- And there was vastly more romance in being an oyster pirate or a convict than in being a machine slave.1913, Jack London, chapter 7, in John Barleycorn, New York: Century, page 64. From the entry abubble
Meaning of vastly
- adverb Greatly, in a vast manner.
Questions about vastly in a sentence
- How do you use vastly in a sentence?
- Vastly is used as an adverb. For example: “The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.”
- What is a short sentence with vastly?
- “Vastly more meteorwrongs are found than meteorites.”
- What does vastly mean?
- Vastly means greatly, in a vast manner.
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