sensationally
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5.4
- adverb
- /sɛnˈseɪʃənəli/
:
sensacionalmente
- Their albums sold steadily, if not sensationally, and they toured with black capes and special effects and all.
- more sensationally
Examples
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In the 1980s, popular writers emerged who wrote sensationally about the downfall of the American economy.
Academic text (1994) -
She was also smart, an exceptional keyboard artist, and the composer of sensationally original and exciting music.
Fiction book (1991) -
And the food, to my very untempered palate, was sensationally exotic.
Blog text (25) -
It grossed $140 million, won a few Oscars, including Best Picture, and did sensationally based on its budget.
Blog text (22) -
ZS: The book is sensationally filled with details like that—little details of Harlem lives.
Blog text (25) -
The terms within which fundamentalism came to be interpreted were not cast in that court battle for the first time, but more vividly, more widely, more sensationally, more disparagingly, and more memorably than ever before.
Academic text (1991) -
Knowledge of this counterintuitive alliance occasionally surfaced, at first in the 1922 Rapallo Conference and then more sensationally in the 1939 Nazi-Soviet pact.
Academic text (2001) -
The British premiere at the Arcola manages the paradoxical feat of now being sensationally successful in its queasily exhilarating portrait of the steamy underworld of celebrity journalism in 1950's America.
Blog text (2) -
The movie was sensationally popular, breaking box office records.
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Her sensationally vibrant artwork caught the attention of every gallery visitor.
Synonyms
330
3.9
In a way that is very noticeable or extreme
184
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
172
2.8
In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
57
2.7
To a very great degree
50
3.9
To a very great degree
38
4.8
In a way that surprises or upsets people a lot
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
28
5.1
In an exciting way that attracts a lot of attention
23
4.4
In a very beautiful or impressive way
21
3.5
To a very great degree
21
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
17
5.2
To a very great degree
15
4.3
In a very impressive and successful way
8
5.6
In a way that makes people feel very surprised
2
6.1
In a very impressive way that surprises people
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
2
6.7
In a way that makes people feel great surprise and admiration
1
4.2
In a way that makes people feel very interested
1
3.9
In a way that makes people feel very excited
1
2.8
In a way that makes people feel excited
In a way that makes people stop and look
In a very hot, intense, or exciting way
Excites people and makes them want to act
In a way that makes people feel strong emotion and excitement
Antonyms
How Sensational
Surface Forms
Morphology
sensationally = sensational (transparent) = sensation + al + ly
Formed by a standard adjective-to-adverb suffixation (sensational + -ly); the meaning is directly derived from the adjective.
Etymology
Sensationally comes from sensation, which is related to sense and the old Latin sensus meaning 'feeling'. So, if something happens sensationally, it happens in a way that makes people feel strong excitement or great interest.