as in extremely
to a great degree
a community production of the classic musical that featured fantastically bad singing
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Recent Examples of fantastically
Creator of ‘Scarface,’ champion of Israel’s statehood: How Ben Hecht lived life the Chicago way
Between 1910 and 1924, in his fantastically eventful years as a Chicagoan, Ben Hecht wrote enough for an entire career.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
These two brilliant women develop an obsessive relationship with each other that features sizzling chemistry and leads to thrills, spills and a fantastically addictive four seasons.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 9 May 2025
The hotel has a fantastically central address (no car is needed), and famous sites, including some of the city’s top theaters and the Museumplein, are just a short walk away.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Critic’s Pick Over nearly six decades, this fantastically inventive artist experimented with paint, turning it into a sculptural medium.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
These two brilliant women develop an obsessive relationship with each other that features sizzling chemistry and leads to thrills, spills and a fantastically addictive four seasons.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 9 May 2025
The hotel has a fantastically central address (no car is needed), and famous sites, including some of the city’s top theaters and the Museumplein, are just a short walk away.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Critic’s Pick Over nearly six decades, this fantastically inventive artist experimented with paint, turning it into a sculptural medium.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantastically
Adverb
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While both the House and Senate bills proposed language that was extremely harmful to the pass-through entity community, the final Senate bill passed made significant modifications that will encourage continued investments via pass through entities.—
Lynn Mucenski Keck,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Her long, dark hair was messily waved, hanging past her shoulders like a shawl, while her eyebrows were shaved extremely thin, leaving little room for any expression other than a sly smile.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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Both Marlins righties are incredibly talented and expected to be available at the trade deadline.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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The film obviously has some major horror elements with the infected charging about, but also some tender moments with the family and then an incredibly emotional scene towards the end of the film.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
25 June 2025
Adverb
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The problem with Canadian nationalism is that Canada is very new.—
Stephen Marche,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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One place the Padres desperately need to upgrade is the outfield, but there aren't very many quality outfielders expected to be on the market.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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But from the first breath, Roxy sensed something was terribly wrong.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Then in April 2021, Granda’s plan to escape went terribly wrong.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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This suggests that the issues that may have caused both the engines to fail likely occurred at nearly the same moment— a highly unusual scenario, experts said.—
Mika Gröndahl,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Both can shoot 10-bit 4K video at 60 frames per second (fps) (or 120 fps for slow-motion playback), with the larger wide-angle sensor also offering an impressive 14 stops of dynamic range and highly impressive low-light capabilities.—
Sam Kieldsen,
Wired News,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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Furthermore, the definition of disabled is often too narrow: more than one third of non-working adults classified as able-bodied by SNAP report having a disability that impedes their ability to work.—
Emily Eisner,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
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People who rely on Medicaid access and funds for federal food aid would come out on the short end of the stick under the plan, too.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
Adverb
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But the work serving the current populations can be arduous and challenging – demonstrated here as the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) team can be seen springing into action after a rhino reacted badly to anesthesia.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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And Israel's international reputation has been badly tarnished by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the huge number of Palestinian civilian deaths in the territory.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
28 June 2025
Adverb
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The car scenes are rough, authentic, and often deeply compelling — mainly because the fresh-faced Bridges is so damned charismatic.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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While Nintendo mostly conceded the corporate tug-of-war over graphical prowess back in 2006 with the Wii, the general plateau of visual enhancements over the last two generations means that games running on Switch 2 look pretty damned good even compared to more premium devices.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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“Fantastically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantastically. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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