Of course we knew that they would be vastly excited and encouraged by the intelligence of the Custer massacre.
The case rested as a question of veracity between the two boys, with the odds vastly in favor of Sam--for a few hours only, pending further investigation, but that investigation was fatal.
It was a week of torment to poor Dick Graham; a holiday that proved far from satisfactory to Morrow, for he saw with sudden start that his bonny Nell was becoming vastly interested in Mr. Frost, whom he was beginning to distrust.
Upon my word, miss," cried our young gentleman, "you compel me to confess that I find myself in the society of one vastlymore to my inclination than that of any houri of my acquaintance.
IX And, indeed, it did seem vastly strange to lie there alongside Staten Island all that day, with New York town in plain sight across the water and yet so impossible to reach.
The outer part of these bodies, from which light reaches us, must therefore be at a temperature of only a few thousand degrees, but vastly higher temperatures must prevail at their centres.
The English mode of dealing with semi-civilized dependents is vastly different from ours.
They built or bought homes and other property, and by industry and character vastly improved their condition and were the recipients of respect and esteem from the community.
Martin-Roget was bourgeois by birth, but he was vastly rich and had promised to pour a couple of millions into the coffers of the royalist army if Mlle.
Go on, go on, citizen Chauvelin, I am vastly interested!
Vastly Ridiculous were these Fashions--think you not so, good Sir or Madam, as the case may be?
Twas not a very dignified Employment for one that had been a young Gentleman, but 'twas vastlybetter than the Fate of one who, but for a mere Accident, might have been a young Slave.
Thus the breaches of the peace by the French recoiled terribly upon themselves, and they suffered vastly greater loss than they had inflicted upon the English.
These are vastly more important matters than reading and writing; which are, so far as I can see, of no use to any fair man, whose word is his bond, and who deals with honest men.
It is vastly more important to prevent Glendower from recapturing his house, by surprise, than it is to take prisoners two or three fellows making their escape.
It is admitted that the locomotives made in the Colony are much inferior to those imported, while in addition to the excess in first cost, the expense of maintaining the colonial engines is vastly greater.
It is impossible for anyone to pass through the Canal without being impressed with the urgent necessity for vastly increased accommodation for the constantly augmenting traffic.
The Irish rebellion thirteen years ago was a vastly more formidable affair.
Madam, saving your presence, Uncle was used to say there's a many would like vastly well to have God go with them, that isn't half so ready to get up and go with God.
But I can tell you it is vastlydull for us left behind.
The touch of his hand on hers was vastly more potent than any word he could utter, the impact of his strength on her imagination was more alluring than the printed poems and spoken passions of a thousand generations of lovers.
He had accomplished a distance vastly greater than a bachelorship of arts, or a dozen bachelorships.
In fact, he had a comfortable feeling that he was vastly superior to these wordy maniacs of the working class.
Deserted by its wealthy young owners and their retinue of servants, and subjected to the aging of half a century, it presents a vastly different picture from that of 1883, when the ambitious Frenchman built it for his red-haired bride.
Skid" and his abominable community across the fords had been doing a thriving business, and were vastly enjoying the situation.
We do it to keep them from vastly worse temptation and trouble, Priscilla," said the veteran soldier kindly, and signaling Marion not to interpose.
His manner of address was good, he talked straightforwardly, and with conviction and, best of all, had a broad sense of humor that vastlyamused these cowmen.
If these had been cattle stampeded by the shots and shouting on the plain, they would have made a vastly different thundering along the earth.
To her a camera was nothing out of the ordinary, although she had not seen one since her final return West, but her mother was vastly interested.
At the Morse domicile things were going better, and the girl's mind was vastly relieved from present troubles.
Nevertheless, Jess was vastly encouraged by this incident.
This trifling exponent of the condition of women in England, has a large field of speculation within and around it, and the result of philosophizing on it would be vastly in favor of our side of the water.
My letter is getting too long, and I must make it shorter, as it is vastlyless agreeable than the visit itself.
Overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, many of the Confederates had left their posts, and Breckenridge was in vain trying to rally them when Gracie's brigade came up.
The contemporary of Alexander Kielland, who is more widely known abroad, he is however the representative of a vastlydifferent phase.
The most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent force of character.
Liberty, with all its drawbacks, is everywhere vastlymore attractive to a noble soul than good social order without it, than society like a flock of sheep, or a machine working like a watch.
No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.
But I do most conscientiously believe that these abuses have been greatly magnified, and are, even by the well meaning, vastly overrated.
We were vastly particular about the breed of our horses, cattle, and sheep, but careless of the breed of human nature.
The crisis is vastly momentous and trying, and attended with circumstances, both from within and from without, which strongly call for decision in the Legislature.
By giving up half the bill, we may gain the other half; and sure I am that our constituents will vastly prefer half to nothing.
If our navy should prove vastly more expensive than the British navy, we might as well give up, and he recommended this matter to the consideration of the Senate.
Guy was a vastly miserable man by the time the last guest had bidden him good-night, and he had heard for the hundred-and-fiftieth time what a delightful evening it had been.
Yes; she must be vastly fond of flowers, though I sometimes fancied the fact of being noticed by you afforded almost as much satisfaction as the bouquet itself.
Ruins are charming in the right place, but a tattered chimney-top on an otherwise well-preserved house is vastly more shabby than picturesque.
We had a haddock to our breakfast in Musselburgh, where it amused me vastly to hear Alan.
I stood between them like a fish out of water, turning from one to the other; neither seemed to observe me, she gazing on the floor, he buttoning his coat: whichvastly swelled my embarrassment.
I had scarce the time to catch my breath in, and be ready to meet her, as she stepped upon the deck, smiling, and making my best bow, which was now vastly finer than some months before when I first made it to her ladyship.
By shortly after one the horse was at the waterside, and I could see a man walking it to and fro till I should land, which vastly swelled my impatience.
In my view, this part of the thing is vastly exaggerate, and if I were you I would not wear two thoughts on it.
If it had been holding notes instead of noses, the employment would have been vastly genteel, I dare say.
In a war of five years they will be vastly heavier than their amount in all the continent of Europe.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vastly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: abroad; broadly; immensely; infinitely; tremendously; vastly; very
