Overwhelmingly vs Enormously - What's the difference?
overwhelmingly | enormously |
In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 27
, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)
, work=The Onion AV Club
Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.
Shockingly.
As adverbs the difference between overwhelmingly and enormously
is that overwhelmingly is in an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely while enormously is extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.overwhelmingly
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Adverb
(en adverb)citation, page= , passage=The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.}}