spectacularly

Definition of spectacularlynext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of spectacularly Da Corte stepped into the role of Hoyt Sherman, Lichtenstein’s college art professor, who employed a spectacularly psychedelic, unusual teaching method that involved a process to train budding artists at Ohio State. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 Their answer challenges the popular narrative that America is in a new Gilded Age dominated by a small number of spectacularly rich billionaires. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 For Ferrari to have tripped up so spectacularly at Monza of all races only added to the friction. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 That playbook has worked spectacularly well in many industries. — Brian Taylor, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 All of those protections against humidity spectacularly broke down this summer in Southern California. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Bonnell The enthusiast’s approach Bonnell’s team uses matters because electric motorcycles have an annoying tendency to make power delivery either spectacularly good or spectacularly stupid. — New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026 And, best of all, a wildly extravagant ballroom scene bound to go spectacularly wrong. — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 For Clarke, the nineteen-seventies were eventful, sometimes spectacularly so. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectacularly
Adverb
  • Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • And it was richly deserved, according to Purdue University, which created the international award and named it after perhaps its most famous alumnus.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Palm Springs compound is, at least in listing photos, done in a kind of old-California glamour, with richly colored polished woods, terra-cotta floors, and deep-red accents.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Sandy Honig made a short film, The Weird Guy, last year that is so funny and also gorgeously shot.
    — Lisa Hanawalt, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2026
  • One Friday post, for example, shows footage from Super Heavy of Ship cruising away shortly after stage separation, its six Raptors glowing with exertion against the backdrop of a gorgeously blue Earth.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 July 2026
Adverb
  • One in particular has worked out splendidly for the past 15 years.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Torres’ prose is at times lyrical, at times sparse, and splendidly poetic.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Spectacularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectacularly. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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