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huge

 (hyo͞oj)
adj. hug·er, hug·est
1. Of exceedingly great size, extent, or quantity. See Synonyms at enormous.
2. Of exceedingly great scope or nature: the huge influence of the Hellenic world.
3. Informal Contributing in a major way to success; very important: The defensive line was huge in the second half.

[Middle English, from Old French ahuge.]

huge′ly adv.
huge′ness n.
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hugely

(ˈhjuːdʒlɪ)
adv
very much; enormously
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.hugely - extremelyhugely - extremely; "he was enormously popular"
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hugely

adverb immensely, enormously, massively, prodigiously, monumentally, stupendously a hugely successful businessman
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Translations
بِضَخامَه
ohromně
enormt
roppantul
mjög mikiî
dev gibimuazzam bir şekilde

hugely

[ˈhjuːdʒlɪ] ADV
1. (with adj) [expensive, popular, entertaining, important] → tremendamente, enormemente
a hugely enjoyable bookun libro que se disfruta muchísimo
a hugely successful filmuna película de enorme éxito
he is a hugely talented songwriteres un compositor con un talento enorme
2. (with verb) [vary, increase] → enormemente
she seemed to be enjoying herself hugelyparecía que se lo estaba pasando en grande
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hugely

[ˈhjuːdʒli] adv (= enormously) [popular, successful, embarrassed] → extrêmement; [enjoy] → énormément
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hugely

adv (emph) successful, expensive, important, entertaining, talentedaußerordentlich, ungeheuer; enjoy oneselfriesig; vary, increaseungemein; the whole thing is hugely enjoyabledas Ganze macht ungeheuer viel Spaß; I enjoyed the play hugelydas Stück hat mir ausgesprochen gut gefallen
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hugely

[ˈhjuːdʒlɪ] advenormemente
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huge

(hjuːdʒ) adjective
very large. a huge dog; a huge sum of money; Their new house is huge.
ˈhugeness noun
ˈhugely adverb
very much; greatly.
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Methinks we have hugely mistaken this matter of Life and Death.
And she clapped her hands and declared that she was hugely pleased.
I sustained her with a grateful arm, assuring her that she might hugely help me; and this started us afresh, so that in the course of but few minutes more we reached a point from which we found the boat to be where I had supposed it.
"It will pleasure me hugely to take a braggart down a notch, an some good man will lend me a stout quarter-staff."
`Weena had been hugely delighted when I began to carry her, but after a while she desired me to let her down, and ran along by the side of me, occasionally darting off on either hand to pick flowers to stick in my pockets.
This idea of mystifying some learned sage tickled Joe hugely, and made him laugh.
"Ay," quoth Little John, "had I but mine own good staff here, it would pleasure me hugely to crack thy knave's pate, thou saucy braggart!
Binu Charley, hugely interested, lent a hand, turning the heads around for identification, noting the hatchet-strokes, and remarking the distorted expressions.
Far Tamalpais, barely seen in the silver haze, bulked hugely by the Golden Gate, the latter a pale gold pathway under the westering sun.
"I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial," said Anne, rather scornfully.
Everyone seemed, somehow, hugely delighted, as though they had just been at a wedding.
She lifted her right hand, slowly, hugely, and in the same slow, huge way landed the open palm with a sounding slap on Tom's astounded cheek.