astronomical

or as·tro·nom·ic

[ as-truh-nom-i-kuh l or as-truh-nom-ik ]

/ ˌæs trəˈnɒm ɪ kəl or ˌæs trəˈnɒm ɪk /

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adjective

of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.

extremely large; exceedingly great; enormous: It takes an astronomical amount of money to build a car factory.

Words nearby astronomical

astronautical engineering, astronautics, astronavigation, astronomer, astronomer royal, astronomical, astronomical clock, astronomical distance, astronomical frame of reference, astronomical refraction, astronomical telescope

Origin of astronomical

1550–60; < Latin astronomic(us) (< Greek astronomikós; see astronomy, -ic) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM astronomical

as·tro·nom·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·as·tro·nom·ic, adjectivenon·as·tro·nom·i·cal, adjectivenon·as·tro·nom·i·cal·ly, adverb

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The astronomically high ratio is sort of the point of being CEO.
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The effect, quite the contrary, was astronomically expensive.
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The Instagram deal coincided with astronomically high hopes for the Facebook IPO.
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If you had such an astronomically disastrous evening, the restaurant may want to make good, so give them the chance.
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When stars of the sixth magnitude are visible, then, astronomically speaking, twilight ends.
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Astronomically this new sun was the Regenerator, by which all Nature was renewed.
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The powerful telescopes were also set up and observations of the heavens occupied the astronomically inclined for an hour or two.
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They have only been read as the multitude read the stars, at most astrologically, not astronomically.
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Astronomically, the seasons commence at the periods of the equinoxes and solstices.
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British Dictionary definitions for astronomically

astronomical

astronomic

/ (ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkəl) /

adjective

enormously large; immense

of or relating to astronomy

Derived forms of astronomical

astronomically, adverb

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astronomic

adjective

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