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Recent Examples of magnificently
Santa Cruz, a hunk of volcanic rock wedged between the blues of sky and ocean and inhabited by over a thousand scrappy species of creatures and plants, feels magnificently wild.
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Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
Gill is a storm of rage, magnificently suppressing George’s base instincts for the sake of decorum.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
Mickey and Konrad have magnificently matured a raw, brilliant idea into a bold and uncompromising drama series passionately appreciated by both critics and its fiercely loyal fanbase.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Feb. 2026
Hedda’s romantic picture — of Lovborg dying magnificently, with Dionysian vine leaves in his hairs, from a bullet of one of her own guns — smacks of the same literary cliches that has Emma fantasizing about a torchlight wedding at midnight.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The film is incredibly, even magnificently, stylish, but beyond its initial presentation, there just isn’t very much guiding the story in any novel or exciting ways — beyond, perhaps, thematic echoes of how the less prim-and-proper tech bros of today might be pulling a fast one too.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
The castle’s Waterloo Chamber, a magnificently opulent space that today is most commonly used for investitures but previously hosted theatrical and pantomime productions under Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria, was transformed into a screening room for the occasion.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Now, the magnificently charming triple threat is poised to top himself.
—Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Now based in New York City, his first Texas solo museum show, staged at The Contemporary, revealed not only magnificently smooth objects seemingly beguiled from wood, with enough thorny surfaces to remind the viewer of the complicated life of the immigrant today.
—Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
Gill is a storm of rage, magnificently suppressing George’s base instincts for the sake of decorum.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
Mickey and Konrad have magnificently matured a raw, brilliant idea into a bold and uncompromising drama series passionately appreciated by both critics and its fiercely loyal fanbase.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Feb. 2026
Hedda’s romantic picture — of Lovborg dying magnificently, with Dionysian vine leaves in his hairs, from a bullet of one of her own guns — smacks of the same literary cliches that has Emma fantasizing about a torchlight wedding at midnight.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The film is incredibly, even magnificently, stylish, but beyond its initial presentation, there just isn’t very much guiding the story in any novel or exciting ways — beyond, perhaps, thematic echoes of how the less prim-and-proper tech bros of today might be pulling a fast one too.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
The castle’s Waterloo Chamber, a magnificently opulent space that today is most commonly used for investitures but previously hosted theatrical and pantomime productions under Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria, was transformed into a screening room for the occasion.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Now, the magnificently charming triple threat is poised to top himself.
—Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Now based in New York City, his first Texas solo museum show, staged at The Contemporary, revealed not only magnificently smooth objects seemingly beguiled from wood, with enough thorny surfaces to remind the viewer of the complicated life of the immigrant today.
—Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnificently
Adverb
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The keys are satisfying to type on and impressively hushed without feeling mushy.—
Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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UConn’s coach is two wins away from his third national title in four years and, more impressively, is 10-0 against the point spread in the Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And here is a tip — a teaspoon of honey enhances the flavors splendidly.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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The ensemble works splendidly together.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Grasslands, especially those in humid areas with good soil, provision their local food webs as richly as do forests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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The rhythm created by the voice and the instruments is richly unsettling.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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If so, what is such a large and extravagantly funded force meant to do?—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Will Vicari’s wig and makeup design complete the extravagantly artificial fashion of the period.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Those mounds stood about six feet high while Litchfield’s church-like cathedral termite mounds imposingly reached up to 26 feet.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
26 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The high street has taken note with Zara and Reformation's glossy white lace-ups, while contemporary labels—from Jamie Haller’s sumptuously soft styles to glove-like pairs by Andrea Gomez and Nothing Written, and even a mesh iteration from Dear Frances—offer equally compelling options.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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The terry cloth—for those who fear its potential micro-scratch—is sumptuously soft and, perhaps most importantly, maintains its texture wash after wash.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
2 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The camera lingers, luxuriously, on the dilapidated roadside.—
Elena Clavarino,
Air Mail,
14 Mar. 2026
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InStyle editors found and shared all the perfumes reportedly in Taylor Swift's rotation, from floral favorites to luxuriously warm and woody musks.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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To be in a place built—so very expensively—on fossil fuels, listening to endless green talk from an industry profiting off planetary destruction, is far more discombobulating than the astonishing shopping options.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The soundtrack boasts expensively familiar crowd-pleasers by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie and Billy Joel.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Magnificently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnificently. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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