different between greatly vs closely
greatly
English
Etymology
From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???e?tli/
Adverb
greatly (comparative greatlier or greater or more greatly, superlative greatliest or greatest or most greatly)
- To a great extent or degree.
- Synonyms: very, drastically
- (archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
- 1823, Catherine George Ward, The Cottage on the Cliff: A Sea-side Story (page 251)
- But all this our fisher, who was neither a poet, nor a dependent, did not know, so he concluded, that all who were truly great, were truly greatly minded, and noble in soul, as they were exalted by birth, and rich in splendour.
- 1823, Catherine George Ward, The Cottage on the Cliff: A Sea-side Story (page 251)
Synonyms
- above a bit (Chester)
Translations
Anagrams
- lytarge
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closely
English
Etymology
close +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kl??sli?/
Adverb
closely (comparative closelier or more closely, superlative closeliest or most closely)
- In a close manner.
- Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages.
- The borderline between East and West Berlin was very closely guarded.
- The chairs are too closely spaced; could you move them apart?
- (obsolete) secretly; privately
Translations
Anagrams
- colleys
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