How to spell greatly

Greatly is spelled G-R-E-A-T-L-Y.

hear itgreat·ly/greɪtli/adverbRules and real life

What it means: To an extraordinary extent or degree.

In a sentence: The little cat greatly enjoyed playing with the ball of yarn.

Same family: greatness, greater, greatest, greatly improved. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Greatly comes from the adjective "great," which has roots in Old English "grēat," meaning big or coarse. Adding the suffix -ly turned it into an adverb, a common pattern also seen in words like "quickly" and "slowly."

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