Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tremendously

/tɹəmˈɛndəsli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: tremen-dous-ly
IPA: /tɹəmˈɛndəsli/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Greatly; enormously.

Example Sentences

"I enjoyed the performance tremendously."
"The noise was tremendously loud."
"[…] until the Wicked Witch dies you will not see your Uncle and Aunt again. Remember that the Witch is Wicked—tremendously Wicked—and ought to be killed."

Etymology

Etymology tree English tremendous Middle English -ly English -ly English tremendously From tremendous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more tremendously (comparative) most tremendously (superlative)

Synonyms

enormously hugely staggeringly

Rhymes With

horrendously

Questions

How do you pronounce tremendously?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹəmˈɛndəsli/.
What does tremendously mean?: Greatly; enormously.
Where does tremendously come from?: Etymology tree English tremendous Middle English -ly English -ly English tremendously From tremendous + -ly.

How to pronounce tremendously

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