Definition for GREAT'LY

GREAT'LY, adv.

  1. In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii.
  2. Nobly; illustriously. By a high fate, thou greatly didst expire. Dryden.
  3. Magnanimously; generously; bravely. He greatly scorned to turn his back on his foe. He greatly spurned the offered boon.

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