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Recent Examples of spectacularly
This intricate South Korean drama is reminiscent in tone to The Killing, the spectacularly atmospheric Danish (and later American) procedural.
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
This lens helps explain everything from investing mistakes and overspending to why some people quietly build wealth while others blow money in ways that, from the outside, look spectacularly dumb.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Supposedly intelligent characters behave in spectacularly stupid ways.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Employed in this way, the pardon publicly and spectacularly demonstrated the king’s authority over life and death.
—Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Barnes is the Raptors’ de facto centre as a result and is playing spectacularly.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Your arrival also played spectacularly into the hands of the governor, Tim Walz.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026
Fentanyl has devastated Burlington, and much of the rest of Vermont, too, and the prevailing harm-reduction approach has largely, and often spectacularly, failed.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Within two weeks, the stock market would crash spectacularly, ushering in the Great Depression.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
This lens helps explain everything from investing mistakes and overspending to why some people quietly build wealth while others blow money in ways that, from the outside, look spectacularly dumb.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Supposedly intelligent characters behave in spectacularly stupid ways.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Employed in this way, the pardon publicly and spectacularly demonstrated the king’s authority over life and death.
—Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Barnes is the Raptors’ de facto centre as a result and is playing spectacularly.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Your arrival also played spectacularly into the hands of the governor, Tim Walz.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026
Fentanyl has devastated Burlington, and much of the rest of Vermont, too, and the prevailing harm-reduction approach has largely, and often spectacularly, failed.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Within two weeks, the stock market would crash spectacularly, ushering in the Great Depression.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectacularly
Adverb
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Each brand showed strikingly light, almost ice-blue denim for spring and summer, resulting in pairs that looked like they’d been worn (and loved) for years before strutting the runway.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
27 Jan. 2026
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In one Davos, the mood was strikingly optimistic.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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The execs had seen firsthand what was wrong, and recognized that the IRS’s first CEO is richly equipped to deliver the fix.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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But the brownie base itself is still richly chocolatey and tender.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In a wool-blend, this Madewell Fair Isle Boxy Sweater is gorgeously cozy for a winter day in the Dolomites or paired with a great pair of leather pants for aperitivo in Milan.—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Jan. 2026
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Goldie Hawn styles them gorgeously on the red carpet.—
Catharine Malzahn,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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Day trips to Amalfi-style Taormina are well-advised for those who have yet to gawp at its clifftop panoramas across the Mediterranean or its film star hotels, as are jaunts to the rambling flea markets and splendidly scruffy trattorias of nearby Catania.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Gerbera daisies abhor overhead irrigation that can lead to mildew problems and grow splendidly when surrounded by gravel or wood chips.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Spectacularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectacularly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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