bigly

[big-lee]

adverb

1. in a big way; greatly.

   Their gifts made the children smile bigly.

   Aaron was tall for his age, and bigly built.

2. strongly; with violent force.

   Waves pounded bigly against our starboard side.

3. boastfully; haughtily.

   She pronounces her opinions bigly, as if they are divine mandates.

adjective

1. pleasantly habitable.

   a settlement of modest but bigly homes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigly¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ; see big ¹ ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

To watch videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in action failing bigly is like watching “Star Wars” Stormtroopers constantly misfiring or bonking their heads despite the full backing of the emperor himself.

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"Instead he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now."

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He lost this debate, as he would say, bigly.

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"Electoral season is upon us, and I want to direct all my efforts to winning, bigly!" he said.

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Trump shrugs it off, predicting at a Fox News town hall that he would win “bigly.”

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