Tremendously

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tremendous \Tre*men"dous\, a. [L. tremendus that is to be
     trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See {Tremble}.]
     Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or
     terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible;
     dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a
     tremendous shock or fall.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           A tremendous mischief was a foot.        --Motley.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible;
          awful.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Tre*men"dous*ly}, adv. --
          {Tre*men"dous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tremendously
       adv : extremely; "he was enormously popular" [syn: {enormously}, {hugely},
              {staggeringly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "tremendously":
     alarmingly, appallingly, astoundingly, awfully, colossally,
     disconcertingly, dismayingly, divinely, dreadfully, enormously,
     exquisitely, fearfully, frightfully, gigantically, gloriously,
     horrendously, horribly, horridly, horrifically, horrifyingly,
     hugely, immensely, magnificently, marvelously, prodigiously,
     shockingly, startlingly, stupendously, superbly, terribly,
     terrifically, titanically, vastly, wonderfully