Etymology

prodigiously

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Today it means: In a prodigious manner; astonishingly, enormously, impressively, wonderfully. Full definition →

English prodigious ← Middle English prodigious ← Latin prōdigiōsus
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  1. Latinprōdigiōsus
  2. Middle Englishprodigious
  3. Englishprodigious
  4. English todayprodigiously

From prodigious + -ly.

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