vast

Definition

› extremely large: The vast majority of our students – nearly 90 percent – graduate within four years. vastly

/ˈvæs·tli/ adv › I think the original movie was vastly superior to the remake.

(Definition of vast adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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