Vastly

Examples

• Thus the enemy, with a vastly superior force, was strongly fortified to the east, south, and west, and commanded the river below. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Your mother's opinion of him, I am to assume (following your example of assuming this and that), was vastly different. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Harry was vastly pleased. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The buffing will hit the high spots but the proper process turns the minute edges, closes the pores and makes the silver hard and compact, vastly increasing the wearing quality. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Vastly over-advertised, we have mistaken an inflated fragment for the real political life of the country. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He galloped from one command to another proclaiming the near proximity of Santa Anna with an army vastly superior to his own. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Other inventions are vastly important, but this one is vital. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Under this cloak he worked, and soon found that his new occupation was vastly more interesting than that of dealer in wigs had been. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• During his brief command he had the enemy hovering around near the city, in vastly superior numbers to his own. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Upon my word, my love, I think you do Mrs. Crawley injustice, Sir Pitt said; at which speech Rebecca was vastly relieved. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A most pithy vaunt, said he--one that redounds vastly to the credit of your dear Yorkshire friends. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A great amount of heat was lost whenever the cold water was let into the cylinder to condense the steam, and this loss vastly increased the expense of running the engine, and cut down its power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Society (for that mysterious creature sat upon the Seven Hills too) found Miss Fanny vastly improved by her engagement. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But the gropings are there,--vastly confused in the tangled strains of the nation's interests. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• However superior to other animals man may be in point of intellect, it must be admitted that he is vastly inferior in his natural equipment for locomotion. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• To some of us it looks like a drop in the bucket--a slight part of vastly greater plans. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The victories in Mexico were, in every instance, over vastly superior numbers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It attracted my attention in a moment, because it carries to my mind such a vastly different significance from what it always did at home. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I am sure he will be vastly happy to oblige you, and will save all the best of the covies for you. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• In 216 B.C. he was assailed by a vastly superior Roman force under Varro at Cann?, and destroyed it utterly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For my part, I think they are vastly agreeable, provided they dress smart and behave civil. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• You are vastly inconsistent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Thus the vastly increased facilities for cutting grass necessitated new means for taking care of it when cut. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This again made the excellent woman vastly sentimental. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Yes, ma'am, she said how she was very well; and to my mind she was always a very handsome young ladyand she seemed vastly contented. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Its programme was faithfully carried out--a thing which surprised me, for great enterprises usually promise vastly more than they perform. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It seems vastly more reasonable, said Professor Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The number of workers in the art, both men and women, has vastly increased instead of being diminished, while their wages have greatly advanced over the old rates. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Before he got up, Geary had been engaged for about three hours against a vastly superior force. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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