vastly

American  

[vast-lee, vahst‐] / ˈvæst li, ˈvɑst‐ /

adverb

1. to an extremely great extent or degree; hugely.

   We still have essentially the same brains as early humans, but most of us live in vastly different circumstances than they did.

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Other Word Forms

• supervastly adverb

Etymology

Origin of vastly

vast ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

In a move that drew less attention at the time, Google also started designing its own AI chips, believing it would need vastly more computing power to support applications such as voice recognition.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nvidia has spent nearly $52 billion on buybacks over the past four quarters, vastly more than any other chip company and equating to 28% of the company’s revenue in that time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cursor’s products make knowledge workers vastly more productive because they use proprietary custom data and model to achieve what appears to be an intuitive understanding of their needs.

From Barron's

“A standing dead tree is vastly more important to wildlife and biodiversity in the forest than a standing live tree of the same size,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Demand for surrogates vastly exceeds supply, industry professionals say.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• enormously
• exceedingly
• extremely
• greatly
• hugely
• tremendously