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colossally

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Etymology

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From colossal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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colossally (comparative more colossally, superlative most colossally)

  1. In a colossal manner, or to a colossal extent.
    • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:
      Primitive people, colossally ignorant of the cause of disease and of curative processes, attributed to supernatural agencies any causes and effects for which their simple minds could give no natural explanations.
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