Sentence:  They 'd peddled the soap virtually alone , and without <WSD>much</WSD> success , until about a year ago , when - with the addition of `` SX-21 '' to their secret formula and the inauguration of a high-powered advertising campaign - sales had soared practically into orbit . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent