adj.
1.(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent much adv.
1.to a great degree or extent
2.very
3.to a very great degree or extent
4.(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
5.frequently or in great quantities much n.
1.a great amount or extent
Idiom of the Day
on the face of it
from the way that something looks, superficially, on the surface
On the face of it, it looked like the speeding car had caused the accident.