Astronomically
of, relating to, or connected with .
extremely large; exceedingly great; enormous:
It takes an astronomical amount of money to build a car factory.
Contemporary Examples
The Instagram deal coincided with astronomically high hopes for the Facebook IPO.
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If you had such an astronomically disastrous evening, the restaurant may want to make good, so give them the chance.
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Your chances of dying in this way are not astronomically high.
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The astronomically high ratio is sort of the point of being CEO.
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The effect, quite the contrary, was astronomically expensive.
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Historical Examples
What would have happened, astronomically, if the sun had stood still?
Love’s Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair
M. Cassini, the director of the Observatory of Paris, has discussed it astronomically.
Astronomical Myths John F. Blake
Pope, misapplying the original, has adopted an image which is astronomically false.
The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Alexander Pope
We were out late—so late that it was night only astronomically.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce
astronomically this new sun was the Regenerator, by which all Nature was renewed.
The God-Idea of the Ancients Eliza Burt Gamble
adjective
enormously large; immense
of or relating to astronomy
adj.
1550s, from astronomy + -ical. Popular meaning “immense, concerning very large figures” (as sizes and distances in astronomy) is attested from 1899. Astronomical unit (abbreviation A.U.) “mean distance from Earth to Sun,” used as a unit of measure of distance in space, is from 1909. Related: Astronomically.
adjective
Inconceivably large: an astronomical price for that car
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