anticlimactically
- adverb
- /ˌæntiˌklaɪˈmæktɪkli/
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anticlimáticamente
- Despite the thrilling buildup, the plot of the movie concluded anticlimactically, leaving many viewers disappointed.
Examples
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The long-awaited concert ended anticlimactically when the main act canceled at the last minute.
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But anticlimactically, they've done no more than go round the Earth in low orbit, mainly in the International Space Station shown here.
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But it got destroyed so anticlimactically...
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Somewhat anticlimactically, the German Civil Code of 1900 had become the problem rather than the solution of German life and German legal science.
Academic text (2016) -
"I've got it," he said finally, almost anticlimactically at the beginning of one call.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's been a full 20 days since the Phillies season ended anticlimactically and sent our Fightins home for the winter, but many teams continued to play on, and now it's official:
Blog text (7) -
This time, the underdog overtook the champion quickly, anticlimactically, with loosestrife, a strange double-accented word which, it was later discovered, was a durable little plant with purple flowers, first mentioned in Deuteronomy.
Fiction book (2000) -
And like it's, it's almost going to be anticlimactic because we've seen so many leaks and the newest leak is that they have auto transcribe of memos.
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After weeks of anticipation, the story anticlimactically revealed that the treasure was just a pile of old coins.
Synonyms
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3.8
In a way that is worse than people expected
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5.6
Do something calmly and without strong emotion
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5.1
In a weak, ordinary way that does not impress people
In a dull way that does not interest people
In a way that does not stay in your mind
Antonyms
How Anticlimactic
Surface Forms
Morphology
anticlimactically = anticlimactic (transparent) = anti + climax + ic + ly
The adverb is transparently formed from the adjective 'anticlimactic' with the ordinary adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Anticlimactically comes from anti- meaning 'against' and climax meaning 'high point', a idea you can remember from the simple word climb which goes up to the top. So, to say something happened anticlimactically is to say it ended as a 'letdown' instead of a big, exciting finish after a long build-up.