MASSIVELY

massively

(adverb) to a massive degree or in a massive manner; “tonight the haddock were shoaling massively in three hundred fathoms”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

massively (comparative more massively, superlative most massively)

In a massive manner, in a way that appears large, heavy or imposing.

(slang) Greatly.

Source: Wiktionary


Mass"ive*ly, adv.

Definition: In a heavy mass.

MASSIVE

Mass"ive, a. Etym: [F. massif.]

1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy. "Massive armor." Dr. H. More.

2. (Min.)

Definition: In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive. Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistone, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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