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/e.nɔʁ.me.mɑ̃/

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Translation

enormously, a great deal, hugely

Word origin

From énorme plus the adverbial ending -ment. Énorme comes from Latin enormis ('out of the norm'), from ex ('out of') and norma ('rule, standard').

Origin
Latin
Root
enormis
English cognates
enormously, norm

Examples

l'.

He worked enormously hard over the summer.

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She eats a great deal in the evening.

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That helps me enormously.

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There are huge numbers of people in the street.

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We learnt a great deal from him.

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This word is part of lesson 54.