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tremendously

Parf of speech: Adverb, OED Year: 1684, OED Evaluation: N/A

In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.

ExampleMeaning
Another man that just retired from his own business outta (inc) his name is Alan-Hires, he worked in those early years for my father and I could go on-and-on. But these are people that we and the family are tremendously indebted to because they formed the team with our dad in those early and most difficult years.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
ExampleMeaning
It is used in cutting lathes, in saws, in surfacing any instrument used in road work where it comes into contact with cement, it is used now in medical operations for artificial pins is it in bones. But its uses have expanded tremendously. But going back to nineteen-twelve when it was discovered you see the war broke out a few years later and the stellite was used in the war armaments in the First World War and that ended in nineteen-eighteen.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
ExampleMeaning
Her- I think her third, or fourth year placement in eighty-nine. And she helped me out tremendously that year because she had finished her under-- she had finished her um third year, and can-- and had attended Centennial for two weeks doing her placement. And at that point, my mom had taken sick.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: And what would you do on your days off? Speaker: Rest. We just needed that day to rest. Was cold and it- it was hard, hard work. Tremendously hard work. Yeah. Interviewer: So in your down time you- did you read a book, what would you do? Speaker: (laughs) No I never read a book. Just l-- go to bed and sleep. Then get up and work.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
Interviewer: Well thank you so much for sharing your history. Speaker: (laughs) No, that's what I say about it. I- I- I enjoyed living tremendously in my times. Oh, I l-- I had some wonderful, wonderful times in my life. But now I'm- I'm not having them wonderful times. Almost every day has got something that's- makes me- upsets me a little bit.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Take that red book there and- and ah, that's- that's w-- the year I graduated from- Interviewer: Oh my gosh. Speaker: (Laughs) And that's the school, eh? So you can see that it was a tremendously, but- Interviewer: Still up. Speaker: No it isn't- Interviewer: Oh no I-mean in that picture it's nice.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: So what were your parents like? Interviewer 2: Yeah. Interviewer: Were they strict or were they lenient? Speaker: Oh, I wouldn't trade them for anything. Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: My mother was a tremendously good cook, she can really make an apple pie that, you-know the bottom wasn't soggy and there was enough cinnamon and apples weren't hard, like you-know. It was beautiful, anything she cooked ah it was great- and dad was ah sharp and on-the-ball.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
A stradivarius is ah tremendously good violin, yeah.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: ... actually I think my favourite grade was grade-five, until I started teaching grade-seven and eight and then I- that's what I taught 'til I retired. Interviewer: Why did you like that (inc)? Speaker: Oh, well you could talk with them and discuss things and ah they were- they were tremendously interesting. They kept me thinking about things in different ways that I never thought about. Of course, I was an old fuddy-duddy by then and they were, ah, I really- I really enjoyed them.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Small farmers have a tough time surviving. They're tearing out all the fence shows for big equipment. You can see that happening yourself. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And ah- and the price of land has gone up tremendously. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: I would say right now in this area, an acre of land is probably worth what this whole farm was back in the thirties.
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.
ExampleMeaning
And, ah, that was our- three or four nights a week, we'd- four of us, we'd all get together and play- play bridge. That was- we had our own little bridge club. And we enjoyed that tremendously. And then- you-know, oh, go swimming in the summertime, at night, and- and go down to the beach ...
In a tremendous manner or degree; dreadfully; hence colloq. as a hyperbolical intensive: Exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly.