majorly

majorly
majorly (adv.) by 1887, from MAJOR (Cf. major) (adj.) + -LY (Cf. -ly) (2). Common in popular U.S. colloquial speech from c.1995.

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  • majorly — adv. (Slang) extremely, to a great extent; in a major manner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • majorly — adverb informal very; extremely …   English new terms dictionary

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