astronomically

as·tro·nom·i·cal

(ăs′trə-nŏm′ĭ-kəl) also as·tro·nom·ic (-nŏm′ĭk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to astronomy.

2. Of enormous magnitude; immense: an astronomical increase in the deficit.

as′tro·nom′i·cal·ly adv.

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Adv.

astronomically - enormously; "the bill was astronomically high"

Translations

astronomisestitähtitieteellisesti

astronomiquement

astronomicamente enormemente

astronomically

[ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ] ADV [rise, grow, increase] → astronómicamente, exageradamente
lobster is astronomically expensive → la langosta está a precios astronómicos
they set astronomically high standards for their employees → exigen un nivel exageradamente alto a sus empleados

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

astronomically

[ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkli] adv

(= extremely) [expensive] → effroyablement
to be astronomically successful → avoir un succès fou
astronomically wealthy
He was astronomically wealthy → Il était fabuleusement riche.
astronomically priced houses → des maisons à des prix exorbitants
to rise astronomically
House prices had risen astronomically → Les prix des maisons avaient effroyablement grimpé.

(relating to space) [accurate, aligned] → astronomiquement

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astronomically

adv (lit, fig) → astronomisch

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astronomically

[ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪk/əlɪ] adv → astronomicamente
the wine is astronomically expensive → il vino ha un prezzo astronomico

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Astronomically, it was daylight on the lower part, and night on the upper; so when during this narrative these words are used, they represent the lapse of time between rising and setting of the sun upon the earth.

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They have only been read as the multitude read the stars, at most astrologically, not astronomically. Most men have learned to read to serve a paltry convenience, as they have learned to cipher in order to keep accounts and not be cheated in trade; but of reading as a noble intellectual exercise they know little or nothing; yet this only is reading, in a high sense, not that which lulls us as a luxury and suffers the nobler faculties to sleep the while, but what we have to stand on tip-toe to read and devote our most alert and wakeful hours to.

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