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vastly

/ˈvæstli/

vastly adverb: greatly, in a vast manner.

Adverb

vastly (comparative more vastly, superlative most vastly)

  1. Greatly, in a vast manner.
    • “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.[…]Steerage is like everything else maritime[…]vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
    • 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

vastly meaning in Tamil and Telugu

vastly in Tamil

மிகப் பெரிய அளவில்

vastly in Telugu

greatly, in a vast manner
విస్తారముగా vistāramugā

Examples of vastly in a sentence

  • The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.
  • The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.
  • Thanks to the beautification efforts, the appearance of the highway has vastly improved.

All 40 example sentences with vastly

Synonyms of vastly

All synonyms of vastly

Forms of vastly

comparativemore vastly
superlativemost vastly

Origin of vastly

From vast + -ly.

Questions about vastly

What does vastly mean?
Vastly means greatly, in a vast manner.
What is vastly in Tamil?
Vastly in Tamil is மிகப் பெரிய அளவில். See Vastly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vastly?
Vastly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce vastly?
Vastly is pronounced /ˈvæstli/ (US).

Words near vastly in the dictionary

  1. vastiness
  2. vastities
  3. vastitude
  4. vastitudes
  5. vastity
  6. vastly
  7. vastness
  8. vastnesses
  9. vastoadductor
  10. vastrap
  11. vastraps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vastly (page history and authors); vastly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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