fantastically

adverb

fan·​tas·​ti·​cal·​ly fan-ˈta-sti-k(ə-)lē 

fən-

1

: in a fantastic manner

2

: to a fantastic degree : extremely

fantastically expensive clothes

Synonyms

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• enormously
• especially
• ever
• exceedingly
• exceeding
• extra
• extremely
• fabulously
• far
• fiercely
• filthy
• frightfully
• full
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• immensely
• incredibly
• intensely
• jolly
• majorly
• mightily
• mighty
• monstrous [chiefly dialect]
• mortally
• most
• much
• particularly
• passing
• rattling
• real
• really
• right
• roaring
• roaringly
• seriously
• severely
• so
• sore
• sorely
• spanking
• specially
• stinking
• such
• super
• supremely
• surpassingly
• terribly
• that
• thumping
• too
• unco
• uncommonly
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of fantastically in a Sentence

a community production of the classic musical that featured fantastically bad singing

Recent Examples on the Web

The story takes place along the Amazon river where fantastically fearsome foes await, placing the character in several high-stakes underwater situations. —Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024

In our review of the MacBook Air, our expert notes that this laptop performed fantastically, delivering similar results to the MacBook Pro 14 with the same M3 chip. —Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 1 May 2024

Relentlessly creepy and fantastically atmospheric, S.A. Barnes’s GHOST STATION (Tor Nightfire, 377 pp., $27.99) shows that no matter where humans go, our brains can be our worst enemy. —Gabino Iglesias, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024

Sometimes with standalone tubs, tiled bathrooms are pristine and deliver fantastically invigorating water pressure — though some indeterminate, ambient noise emanating somewhere from mine, in room number 402, was occasionally irritating. —John O'Ceallaigh, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024

The findings really do showcase just how fantastically diverse America's dining scene is, with winners including waffle spots in Hawaii, Thai food in Idaho, a French bistro in Illinois, an Italian eatery in Delaware, and a Lebanese spot in West Virginia. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024

Leave it to the Ramones to offer a breakup song at Christmas, and a fantastically catchy one at that. —Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2023

Her self-assuredness only strengthened over time, which Lashana Lynch captured so fantastically. —Debra Edwards, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024

The Valkyrie, or AM-RB 001 as it was known in development, is a fantastically wild-looking hypercar. —Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

fantastical + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1