explosively
- adverb
- /ɪkˈsploʊsɪvli/
- Meanwhile, the young were growing explosively quickly, converting half of all the food they ate to body mass.
- grow explosively
And that's because the market size AMD grew explosively in the PCDIY space.
- And that's because the market size AMD grew explosively in the PCDIY space.
- So ambition is kind of explosively active in a whole bunch of possible ways.
- It's like, yeah, I think I've managed to avoid a lot of injuries because I just never roll too athletically, explosively.
- Or it may sound that way at first, but really it's just like, make your stories as explosively creative as you possibly can.
- The complexity grows rapidly as you consider more and more possibilities, like explosively.
Examples
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As low-cost electrification has spread, the use of electrified irrigation has grown explosively.
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Or it may sound that way at first, but really it's just like, make your stories as explosively creative as you possibly can.
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Telecom and related technologies are growing explosively, and we are inevitably a part of this innovation-rich environment.
Academic text (1995) -
And that's because the market size AMD grew explosively in the PCDIY space.
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The speaker's voice changed as he became explosively passionate about his subject.
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The fireworks exploded explosively in the night sky, lighting up the city.
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The volcano erupted explosively, launching ash and debris high into the air.
Synonyms
In a strong way that uses a lot of power
In a very loud and powerful way like thunder
In a way that makes people feel great shock or deep sadness
In a sudden, loud, and forceful way
Reacting in a sudden, angry way
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word explosively comes from the verb explode and the related word explosion, and the first part ex- means 'out'. Think of something bursting 'out' with sudden, strong force, so to act explosively is to do something suddenly and with great force, like an explosion.