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as in specially
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as in ornately
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancily
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Performance fabrics, especially ones like Crypton, Sunbrella, or Revolution fabrics, are specially engineered for stain resistance and easy cleaning.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Cotton or acrylic can usually be washed normally, but wool and silk have to be handled specially to avoid shrinking or unnecessary wear.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The movie is an empty shell ornately decorated with eyecatching camera angles, an acidulously sun-bright palette, and whimsical dialogue.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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And Clark’s fans, who have often noted the exceptionally high level of physicality directed at Clark and who’ve been aghast at the league office’s reluctance to single out her unique star power, had good reasons to believe that the league was self-sabotaging.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Blooms are exceptionally large, reaching 8 inches in diameter.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Her finely wrought Neoclassical sculptures stand as evidence of both her artistic brilliance and her refusal to be defined by the limits of her era.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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To shred the leaves with a lawn mower, crisscross the area several times to chop them finely.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Sep. 2025
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The right-back’s involvement was just as impressive, bringing the ball down excellently before he was brought to ground himself.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Any small baking project intended to provide treats for one or two is excellently done in the air fryer—the convection will ensure even baking and superb textures for muffins, cakes, and so much more.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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O’Brien’s dual roles as both flamboyantly gay charm bomb Rocky — who is flattened in a car accident early in the film — and the grieving and straight Roman comprise a career-topping performance.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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Princess Bride is superbly planned and deferentially orchestrated — its theme fits its telling.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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That monster is Gregers Werle (Alexander Hurt), who returns to his home town only to find that his childhood friend Hjalmar Ekdal (a superbly comic Nick Westrate) has been living in a fool’s paradise.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.—
Nelly Klos
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Given that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ostentatiously dropped nearly all their public commitments when moved to California in 2021, this seems to represent a turnaround.—
Alexander Larman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Fancily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancily. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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