Greatly

Examples

• The newspapers had previously published articles showing the unusual capacity and performance of the battery, and public interest had thus been greatly awakened. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The result would often be greatly retarded by free intercrossing. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Edison always enjoyed Othello greatly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And if care was not taken in the breeding, your dogs and birds would greatly deteriorate? Plato. The Republic.
• After I had eaten I was greatly invigorated, but feeling the need of rest I stretched out upon the silks and was soon asleep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Another pause ensued; Marianne was greatly agitated, and it ended thus. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Then he turned to pursue his way homeward through the drizzle that had so greatly transformed the scene. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Galileo soon thereafter greatly improved and increased its capacity, and was the first to direct it towards the heavens. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Topsy had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He is greatly irritated by the irony of Socrates, but his noisy and imbecile rage only lays him more and more open to the thrusts of his assailant. Plato. The Republic.
• In many factories where phosphorus is used without great care workmen have been greatly affected thereby. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It lasted now over a year, and, while it did not keep me in the house, it did interfere greatly with the amount of work I was able to perform. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If I didn't support a aged pairint, and a lovely sister,'--here the waiter was greatly agitated--'I wouldn't take a farthing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The lithographic press somewhat resembles in form an iron printing press, but differs from it greatly in its mode of action. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• At one time we employed several thousand men; and since then the works have been greatly expanded. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Next appeared Arthur Young, of England, born in 1741, whose life was extended into the 19th century, and to whom the world was greatly indebted for the spread of agricultural knowledge. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• An incident of evaporation is the passing from the limited volume of a liquid to the greatly increased volume of a gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The complexity and expensiveness of Jacquard's loom were greatly reduced by subsequent improvements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But he greatly relieved my mind by putting a chair for me at the table, and saying, very affably, 'Now, six-foot! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was greatly surprised to see so many elderly people--I might almost say, so many venerable people. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was greatly my wish that he should do so, he added, as soon as his marriage was fixed on. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I am not,' replied Oliver, greatly alarmed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In his place has come the factory hand, nearly all footwear being now a product of machinery, and this of greatly varied and effective character. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He had probably come to the spot, waited there in the cold, and been greatly disappointed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The cause of liberty and America has been greatly obliged to you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Knowing as we do how greatly the popularity--_i. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• This fuse was superseded by one invented by General Bormann of Belgium, which greatly added to the value of case shot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Well, I am greatly obliged to you, Mr. Yorke. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Jesuit accounts describe a country greatly devastated by perpetual feudal war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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