massively

Variant of massive

adjective

    1. forming or consisting of a large mass; big and solid; bulky; ponderous
    2. larger or greater than normal: a massive dose of medicine
  1. large and imposing or impressive; of considerable magnitude
  2. large-scale; extensive: massive retaliation
  3. Geol.: said of some stratified rocks
    1. homogeneous in structure, without stratification, foliation, etc.: massive rock formations
    2. occurring in thick beds, without minor joints and lamination
  4. Med. heavy and of wide extent: massive hemorrhage
  5. Mineralogy irregular in form, though occasionally crystalline in internal structure

Origin: Fr massif, with change of suffix (see -ive), for OFr massiz < VL *massiceus < L massa, mass

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