spectacularly
28
4.3
- adverb
- /spɛkˈtækjʊlərli/
:
espectacularmente
- She performed spectacularly during the competition, earning her a well-deserved first place.
- failed spectacularly
- spectacularly successful
The pacing of that movie is so spectacularly perfect, honestly.
- The pacing of that movie is so spectacularly perfect, honestly.
- Like I've had some spectacularly idiotic art directors in the past.
- I mean, I guess the people who can succeed spectacularly can time it better.
- So it seems to be just like a spectacularly thin coating on the glass.
- And Donald Trump has spectacularly failed here.
- Surgery went spectacularly well, pains gone.
- And it was a spectacularly cold winter.
- He wrote a work in Progress and Note to Self, which were really, really spectacularly received.
- Some people can just get rid of the extra sugar in their diet and do spectacularly well.
- If it works, it'll work extremely well, but if it doesn't work, it'll fail spectacularly.
- But if they occur, they're spectacularly rare.
- And, and by the way, reductionism and space-time have been spectacularly successful assumptions of science for centuries.
- Well, you know, with his little booster shoe spectacularly face planted because this cult was still so embedded.
Examples
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Although the condition is rare in evolution, once attained, it has often been spectacularly successful.
Academic text (2008) -
And it was a spectacularly cold winter.
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I mean, on average, it's doing spectacularly well, right?
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And, and it was spectacularly successful.
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It's not just about your spectacularly good looks, is it?
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...the beginning of something spectacularly beautiful in your life.
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Some people can just get rid of the extra sugar in their diet and do spectacularly well.
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The administration chose a spectacularly bad moment to pick this particular fight.
Academic text (2002) -
Science is really by the heart, and we have in quantum mechanics a spectacularly successful theory.
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Surgery went spectacularly well, pains gone.
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
122
2.3
In a way that causes surprise or wonder
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
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
15
4.6
In a very impressive and beautiful way
14
3.8
In a way that makes people feel respect
12
3.6
To a very high degree
12
3.9
In a way that impresses people very much
12
3.9
In a very beautiful or impressive way
11
4.6
In a very impressive way
9
5.3
In a way that shows great skill
8
5.6
In a way that makes people feel very surprised
8
4.2
In a very beautiful or amazing way
7
6.7
To a very surprising degree that is hard to believe
6
4.3
Making people feel very surprised
6
4.6
In a way that looks large and important
5
3.5
In a very beautiful and impressive way
5
5.2
With slow, proud movements that look impressive like a king or castle
3
6.8
In a very beautiful and impressive way that amazes people
3
4.7
In a very impressive way that makes people admire it
3
6.6
In a very impressive or grand way that seems heroic
2
5.3
In a very bright and impressive way
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
2
9.2
In a way that makes people very surprised or impressed
1
7.9
In a very impressive way that people admire
1
5.4
In a way that causes great public interest or excitement
1
2.8
In a way that makes people feel excited
1
8.3
In a bright and beautiful way that impresses people
1
8.4
To a very high degree
In a way that makes people stop and look
In a very successful and impressive way
In a way that makes something look very tall or impressive
Antonyms
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
spectacularly = spectacular (transparent) = spectacular + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'spectacular', yielding a straightforward manner adverb.
Etymology
Spectacularly comes from spectacle ('a big show') and the root spect- meaning 'to look', the same root you see in spectator. So to do something spectacularly is to do it in a way that makes people look — very impressive, exciting, or dramatic.