Overwhelmingly vs Immensely - What's the difference?
overwhelmingly | immensely |
In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
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Hugely; extremely; vastly.
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As adverbs the difference between overwhelmingly and immensely
is that overwhelmingly is in an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely while immensely is hugely; extremely; vastly.overwhelmingly
English
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.}}
immensely
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Adverb
(en adverb)The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"