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fabulously

adverb

Definition of fabulouslynext
as in extremely
to a great degree our fabulously wealthy neighbors

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Recent Examples of fabulously Fertile lands afforded the capacity to grow export crops that supported farmers and made plantation owners fabulously wealthy. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 Tahnoon isn’t merely some fabulously rich dude who woke up one morning with a taste for bottle service. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 One colorful customer spouts a fabulously ripe monologue about how the aliens nearly caught him mid-defecation—a close encounter of the turd kind. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Catton’s ecological collective occupies unused land to grow food, but then encounters a fabulously wealthy man with his own plans for the landscape. — Solitaire Townsend, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Before any of our fabulously talented Test Kitchen editors even pick up a knife or whisk, every concept is considered and debated by multiple Bon Appétit staff members. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026 The result is fabulously decadent and the perfect recipe for using up oodles and oodles of summer squash. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026 The spa With everything else being so fabulously perfect, the spa was the only element that didn’t exceed my (by now) sky-high expectations. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 For others, the salary cap proposal demonstrates pure greed from owners who are all fabulously wealthy yet perennially crying poor. — David Faris, TheWeek, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabulously
  1. extremely
  2. incredibly
  3. very
  4. terribly
  5. highly
  6. too
  7. damned
  8. badly
Adverb
  • Those advantages can deliver real business value and can be extremely difficult for competitors to overcome.
    — George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Despite this high level of inconsistency, people were extremely confident their memories were correct.
    — Elizabeth A. Phelps, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • The drinks program is both incredibly strong and incredibly specific at Ernesto's.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Freedom Without Compromise Compliance and security teams may instinctively default to no because the risks are incredibly high.
    — David Matalon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of incredibly
Adverb
  • The Microtransat achievement represents more than a tiny boat completing a very long journey.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Turns out the two had a rather close bond, as Elia was very politically savvy compared to the naïve Rhaegar.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of very
Adverb
  • Though Lock and Fleury aren’t Darnold and Kubiak, Wednesday night’s game demonstrated that Seattle is not interested in making terribly many overarching changes from last year’s general offensive approach.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The other might be the terribly limited prospects of people like Miguelito living in Chivilcoy, a town outside Buenos Aires, where the two latter parts of the film is set.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • That’s not surprising, though, since the events are not only intended to rev enthusiasm for customized and highly tuned automobiles, but keep the philanthropic legacy of Paul Walker alive.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In January, the company announced a partnership with South Korean fashion platform Musinsa to deploy its Skypod system at a new logistics center designed to handle hundreds of thousands of SKUs and highly variable demand.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • But Luján says his colleagues are eager to visit him in New Mexico, too, even though Republicans struggled to even field a candidate against him.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But on health insurance, too, the 2025 numbers don't reflect changes already underway this year.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of too
Adverb
  • The Rolling Stones, down to two original members, have released their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, and most of it is pretty damned good.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
  • But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of damned
Adverb
  • That was a big play for a team that badly wanted to send a message at the start of the third quarter.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Bech Parker paid for an Uber to transport Trevor to a vet, who told her Trevor’s legs were broken and badly infected.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of badly

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