Meaning & use
Astronomically
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To an extremely large or immense degree; enormously.
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Housing prices in the city have risen astronomically over the past decade.
The cost of the project grew astronomically once unexpected repairs were discovered.
A note on using this word
Though rooted in astronomy, the word is used figuratively far more often than literally, to emphasize an almost incomprehensible scale.
Words with a similar meaning
enormouslyimmensely
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Words with an opposite meaning
negligiblyminimally
Another way to use it
2. adverb
In terms of astronomy or astronomical measurement.
The distance between the stars is astronomically vast, measured in light-years.
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