STRIKINGLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

strikingly

adverb

Definition of strikingly

as in spectacularly

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Recent Examples of strikingly This belt bag from Pander looks strikingly similar to a more expensive activewear brand’s. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026 The contexts were different, but the underlying mode of thinking was strikingly similar. — Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 The strong opening sequence, in which Tucker is forced to shoot an asset who’s been seized, is strikingly filmed and edited, and the smaller-scale action set pieces are equally strong. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Several scientists have quit from their roles at OpenAI over the last couple of years, citing strikingly similar fears. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026 But the connective tissue between those beats and the individual decisions from each actor are strikingly different from take to take. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2026 And the tour’s massive new chandelier, which moves in a strikingly different way than in past tours, has built-in sparking and pulsing light effects. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2026 Browns Brown ales and porters, while not as dark as black stouts, are strikingly dark compared with almost every other style. — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026 The comment was deleted, and then his wife took to the comments section and posted a strikingly similar message. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for strikingly

Adverb

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

Definition of spectacularly

Adverb

In addition to offering a deeper understanding of how developments within both Ukraine and Russia led to the 2022 invasion, Miller also richly evokes many places in eastern Ukraine, such as Bakhmut, before they were devastated by Russian artillery.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Few contemporary filmmakers so richly explore the concept of tenderness quite like Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of richly

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