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sensationally

adverb

Definition of sensationallynext
as in wonderfully

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Recent Examples of sensationally On 13 May 2026, by which time his book had gone to press, the South Carolina supreme court sensationally overturned the murder conviction, citing ‘shocking jury interference’ by the clerk to the court. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 Every congressional candidate endorsed by Zohran Mamdani won—including, most sensationally, Darializa Avila Chevalier, who ousted the ten-year incumbent, Adriano Espaillat. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 June 2026 Nigeria beat Greece to top the group and Bulgaria saw off an Argentina team missing the legendary Diego Maradona, who had sensationally failed a doping test. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 20 June 2026 But the new scheme to build sensationally costly and colossal bands of AI satellites, Zubrin adds, could lead to SpaceX’s financial crash and burn. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Many associate Baresi with the glory to come, but Milan were sensationally relegated in 1980 for the first time in their history after their owner and a couple of players were implicated in the Totonero betting scandal. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Now, there is a very, very big difference between words that may indirectly foster violence and policies that directly carry them out, and calling out someone sensationally is not the same as shooting them in the streets, full stop. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026 The Dátil Coffee Shop serves speciality coffee from Mexico’s top coffee-growing regions, such as Chiapas and Oaxaca, sweet pastries, and sensationally good chocolate. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 Vartkessian renders them neither clinically nor sensationally—a fine line to walk—and cherry-picking details for this review feels grossly reductive, like a thumbnail sketch of a scene of desolation. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensationally
  1. wonderfully
  2. marvelously
  3. superbly
  4. deliciously
  5. excellently
  6. delightfully
  7. gloriously
  8. charmingly
Adverb
  • The long journey to get here is why Rote has stayed Rote, one of the most wonderfully inconvenient places out there.
    — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Here, misfits are welcome, and bric-a-brac is part of the appeal; the wonderfully bizarre name and devil-may-care attitude have been confusing (and delighting) first-timers for more than 70 years.
    — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of wonderfully
Adverb
  • Decades, even centuries, may be encompassed by these marvelously comprehensive surveys.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The program opened marvelously with Los Panchos, a Mexican trio originally formed in New York in 1944.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of marvelously
Adverb
  • Everton’s window was less celebrated, but one of their new faces — Ainsley Maitland-Niles — scored superbly against Manchester United last weekend to maintain his side’s unbeaten start.
    — Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Still, there are strains of deeper sadness and discomfort here, largely in the passive-aggressive tension between Kim’s character and her onscreen mother (superbly played by a new recuit, veteran TV star Choi Myeonggil).
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of superbly
Adverb
  • The depravity of the aristocrats in the periphery comes off as deliciously cartoonish, likely because that’s how Fyodor perceives them.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This time round, Horvat is on to something even more deliciously odd with a study that mashes together grief, matrimonial disharmony, the alien nature of mathematical minds, and desire’s wild pursuit of obscure objects.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of deliciously
Adverb
  • So grab a pair of these excellently affordable buds for yourself!
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Of course, a photonic circuit that performs excellently in equations can become considerably less cooperative once somebody attempts to manufacture it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of excellently
Adverb
  • Emma Corrin wore a delightfully bizarre Miu Miu ensemble in 2021.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • With Jim Gaffigan set to play President Grover Cleveland in season four, the show should get only more delightfully strange from here.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of delightfully
Adverb
  • But with the addition a few years later of singer Steve Perry, the group found its gloriously dramatic sound and began racking up hits one after the next (though critics were rarely kind).
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Norman, who also leads a host of gloriously entertaining tours around London and beyond, built this show around the same idea — that even the driest elements of history become much more fun when everyone is invited to join in.
    — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of gloriously
Adverb
  • No movie has ever been made worse by Mads Mikkelsen, who plays our Big Bad, while Waller-Bridge has great comedic rapport with Ford as his charmingly roguish sidekick.
    — Frank DeRuggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There’s something deeply appealing—and charmingly ’80s—about the textures here.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of charmingly

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“Sensationally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensationally. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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