adverb
valdē
valdē (comparative valdius, superlative valdissimē)
Classical[ˈwaɫ.deː]Ecclesiastical[ˈval.de]
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Meaning
- very, very much, exceedingly
Hēlī autem erat senex valdē et audīvit omnia quae faciēbant fīliī suī ūniversō Isrāhēlī
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel;Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 2:22: - strongly, vigorously, intensely
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Perquam · Valde · Admodum · Magnopere
Perquam means, in an extraordinary degree, with an indication of astonishment on the part of the speaker; whereas valde, very, admodum, tolerably, and multum, are a simple and quiet enhancing of the attributive, or of the verb; magnopere, only of the verb. (v. 262.)
valdē, adv., v. validus
I. fin. B.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
valdē adv. with comp.
for validē, strongly, vehemently, energetically, vigorously, intensely, very, very much, exceedingly: quidquid volt, valde volt: valde mihi adriserat: de Vergili parte valde probo: litteras exspectare: alqm timere, N.: novit me valdius ipso, H.: Valdius oblectat populum, H.: aetas valde longa.—Ellipt., few: illud valde graviter tulerunt: rem valde bene gerere.
Origins
Syncopic form of validē.