STRIKINGLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

strikingly

adverb

Definition of strikingly

as in spectacularly

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Recent Examples of strikingly Four days after the season premiere, on a strikingly sunny Monday in October, Simons meets me for a coffee at a rooftop bar overlooking Hudson River Park. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026 That silhouette appeared strikingly similar to the SR-71 Blackbird that flew Cold War reconnaissance missions at supersonic speeds in the stratosphere. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026 The atmosphere outside was bustling, with guests congregating around the building before passing through a security checkpoint and entering a strikingly different setting. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026 His voice, captured on an iPhone microphone, is strikingly deep, a rumble beneath McDoom’s sweetly lilting delivery. — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026 What emerges from Carrère’s excavation of his mother’s past is a strikingly nuanced portrait of a brilliant, problematic scholar. — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026 Surely, though, it is not lost on the audience that this play opens in the middle of a strikingly nasty political campaign to elect members of the Chicago school board, warring Democrats all. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 The regime’s habitual recourse to maximalist punishments and mass purges will likely drive more elites to defect and maybe, more strikingly, muster unprecedented expressions of collective action. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026 The likeness remains strikingly photo-realistic, but the anachronism of Dalí taking a selfie sinks the interaction into the uncanny valley. — Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for strikingly

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Like the photorealistic girl who will chat with you, that is to me spectacularly unethical to even try that, to even start that.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026
Each team delivered a spectacularly embarrassing moment Friday by gifting the opposing team points while scoring on the wrong basket.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of spectacularly

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The richly dimensional embellishment matched the detail on her neckline, which created a striking depth and texture to her look.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
The director Pam MacKinnon even has cast the perfect lead actress as that mom in the richly expressive Katrina Lenk.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of richly

Adverb

Sidibe gabbed gorgeously with Kimmel about American Horror Story, Halloween costumes, and raising mixed-gender twins (boys are less cunning and more Spider-Man oriented, apparently).

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Come cocktail hour, pull back the deep olive green curtain on the second floor and slip into Sloane’s, a gorgeously intimate, discreet spot made for cozy chats over expertly mixed drinks.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026