FANCILY Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

fancily

adverb

Definition of fancily

as in specially

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as in ornately

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Adverb

Crafted with a solid wood frame that’s specially designed with bobbin style accents, the chair is a subtle statement piece that will make your home look straight out of a magazine.

— Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026
Some sets come with additional lids, which may be duplicates or something unique, such as specially sized lids for soda bottles.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of specially

Adverb

He was hired by McCartney to be the head of A&R at Apple Records, the company launched by the Beatles in April 1968, and was the one who brought in James Taylor, producing his first album — which, in fact, was ornately overproduced, and didn’t make much of a mark.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 June 2026
The one-shoulder dress was designed with a billowing, one-shoulder top with an ornately speckled red and white pattern motif throughout.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 June 2026

Definition of ornately

Adverb

Donets described Yarovenko as exceptionally funny and someone whose presence could lift those around her.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
During one of their first days crossing Western Sahara, rain began falling, an exceptionally rare sight in one of the driest places on Earth.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of exceptionally

Adverb

The best type of tea to re-steep is anything that starts very potent, or features tea leaves that are on the larger, coarser side, rather than finely ground.

— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
Find out for yourself in this finely detailed and utterly absorbing book, which reads like a thriller of the highest order.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of finely

Adverb

Based on a video game, the sci-fi thriller is excellently maddening and surprisingly emotional.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Yet, outside the excellently claustrophobic Trojan Horse scenes, Nolan is more interested in exploring his anguish than his spoils.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of excellently

Adverb

Sister Daphne belongs to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQ+ group made up mostly of people who dress flamboyantly as nuns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
The experience of the drink is composed, elegant even, a sophisticated push and pull subtlety and counterbalance, but the list of ingredients reads, to me, to be almost flamboyantly random.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 July 2026

Definition of flamboyantly

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