Definition of "astronomically" []

• Of or relating to astronomy. (adverb)
• In the extreme, very (typically very large). (adverb)

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• "You are, in any case talking about tax as a proportion of GDP which has grown astronomically from the Major period onwards."
• "Offenses have responded to it, but the defensive work ethic really has lept astronomically from the 80s."
• "It is a known fact that the quantities of chemicals secreted by the brain diminish astronomically from the early 20's to late 70's."