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Tremendously

adv.joyful, capableeveryday

What it means

To an exceptionally great or impressive degree.

Reach for it when emphasizing a genuinely large effect, quality, or improvement

The new ramp helped tremendously during the crowded vaccination days.

Choose between these

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  • playful

    hugely

    when strong informal emphasis suits

    not when Hugely sounds conversational and vague in analytical prose.

  • everyday

    enormously

    when scale or effect is the central idea

    not when Enormously measures scale without saying whether the effect was good.

  • professional

    exceptionally

    when performance stands outside the norm

    not when Exceptionally concerns rarity or quality more than magnitude.

  • professional

    greatly

    when strong degree needs neutral wording

    not when Greatly is less emphatic and may better suit measured evidence.

  • professional

    remarkably

    when the degree is surprising and noteworthy

    not when Remarkably can introduce a negative fact and is less forceful.

  • formal

    immensely

    when very large degree warrants polished emphasis

    not when Immensely can sound inflated for a modest improvement.

Said against

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  • slightly
  • minimally
  • negligibly

It naturally appears in

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  • help tremendously

    A clear diagram can help tremendously when language support is limited.

  • benefit tremendously

    Small clinics benefit tremendously from repairable equipment.

  • improve tremendously

    Reading confidence can improve tremendously when pupils choose some of the material.

The word family

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Where this comes from

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.