# greatly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈɡɹeɪtli/ · frequency rank #4,090

## Definitions
1. To a great extent or degree.
2. Nobly; magnanimously.

## Etymology
From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **greats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greatly-vs-greats)
- **great** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/great-vs-greatly)
- **gently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gently-vs-greatly)
- **greasy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greasy-vs-greatly)
- **greater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greater-vs-greatly)

## Common misspellings (11)
`geratly`, `ggreatly`, `graetly`, `grealty`, `greatlly`, `greatlyy`, `greattly`, `greatyl`, `gretaly`, `grreatly`, `rgeatly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/greatly