Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a waste; desolately.
- Very greatly; to a vast extent or degree: also in exaggerated colloquial use (see
vast , a., 4).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb To a vast extent or degree; very greatly; immensely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Greatly , in avast manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to an exceedingly great extent or degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was an expression vastly different from the tired helplessness she had seen in the faces of men coming home from the war after the surrender.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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It was an expression vastly different from the tired helplessness she had seen in the faces of men coming home from the war after the surrender.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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It was an expression vastly different from the tired helplessness she had seen in the faces of men coming home from the war after the surrender.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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It was an expression vastly different from the tired helplessness she had seen in the faces of men coming home from the war after the surrender.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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It was an expression vastly different from the tired helplessness she had seen in the faces of men coming home from the war after the surrender.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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And I, as you may have picked up, tend to think the term vastly overused hereabouts ...
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The WS410 access point sports six antenna and uses beamforming -- a single radio method of handling signal reflection and directionality -- to provide what they term a vastly increased coverage area.
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[ 'The country still would've been in vastly better shape, because Bush is a fool's fool.']
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They've all been manageable but in vastly different ways.
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Would conservatives argue that the IRS is awesome because it takes in vastly more money than it spends?
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