Rather and Vastly

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Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

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Vastly and rather are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vastly" instead an adverb "Rather".

Vastly adverb - To a great degree.

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Rather and vastly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Vastly".

Nearby Word: vast

He concocts an elaborate scheme to defraud the government rather than just selling his new, cheap, explosive that is vastly more powerful than nitroglycerin.

Source: Series / Gemini Man
It's explained that the ractive market vastly prefers scenarios where the non-user characters are played by other people rather than AIs, so much so that AI actors are now extremely rare.

Source: Literature / The Diamond Age
It worked, and McClellan settled in for a siege rather than overwhelming the vastly outnumbered Confederate garrison.

Source: Circular Drive

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