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bigly adverb [ ˈbɪɡli ]

• to a great extent; on a large scale.
• "we are going to reduce taxes bigly"
Origin: late Middle English (meaning ‘with great force’): from big + -ly2. Rare from the late19th century until 2016, it was revived as a result of its association with President Donald Trump, whose adverbial use of big league in speech (to mean 'by a considerable amount') was widely misinterpreted as ‘bigly’.


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