greatly

Etymology

From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly.

adv

1. To a great extent or degree.
   Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year.
   He was more greatly beloved than anyone in living memory.
   Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated. October 29, 2011, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport
   Instead of retracing my route, I have elected to walk across Blackpool to the town's remaining large station, although even this has been greatly reduced in size. November 2 2022, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56
2. (archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
   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