immensely
/ˌɪˈmensli/ih-MEN-slee
/ˌɪˈmɛnsli/ih-MEN-slee
Meaningin an unmeasured way
Common meaning: hugely
- imin, into
- mensto measure outLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1133 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘in, into’ + ‘to measure out’ → immensely
Journey through time
- Latinmētior, mēnsus‘to measure out’
- Frenchimmense
- Englishimmense‘too big to be measured’
- Englishformed in English from immenseimmensely‘hugely’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from immense + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), IMMENSE, p.282 · scan
Roots
- mētior, mēnsus Latin “to measure out”
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