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galactically

galactically

8.8
Describes things on the scale of whole galaxies or the huge space between stars
  • adverb
  • /ɡəˈlæktɪkli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : galácticamente
  • The universe is galactically vast.

Examples

  • The two teams were galactically different in terms of skill and experience.

  • The stars in the night sky are galactically distant from our planet.

  • Her ideas were galactically ambitious, aiming to change the world.

  • She viewed the stars galactically during her astronomy class.

  • The notion of time changes galactically when we consider the vast distances between stars and galaxies.

  • Scientists study the galactically large structures in the universe to understand cosmic evolution.

  • When viewed from a galactically extended perspective, our solar system is just a tiny dot in the universe.

Synonyms

astronomically
vsgalactically
7 5.8

To be much larger or higher than normal

describes actual space scale about star collections not mere exaggeration
cosmically
vsgalactically
1 7.2

In a way that relates to space or seems very large and important

is specific to collections of stars rather than the entire universe
cosmologically
vsgalactically
  • Specialized
1 9.2

In a way that relates to the whole universe, its origin or structure

focuses on specific star collections rather than the universe as a whole

How Vast

galactically
  • Specialized
8.8
immensely
70 3.5
considerably
144 3.4
moderately
47 2.8

Surface Forms

galactically positive

Morphology

galactically = galactic (transparent) = galaxy + ic + ally

Formed by a standard adjective-to-adverb derivation from 'galactic' meaning 'relating to galaxies', so the literal cosmic sense is directly compositional.

Etymology

Galactically comes from the word galaxy, which itself comes from an old Greek word gala meaning 'milk', as in the 'Milky Way'. So galactically can mean 'about galaxies' or 'on a very large, space scale' because a galaxy is a huge group of stars.