spectacularly

English

Etymology

From spectacular +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

spectacularly (comparative more spectacularly, superlative most spectacularly)

1. In a spectacular manner, extraordinarily, amazingly.
   • 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:

     Obsessed only with cost, 'Sir Humphrey' saw that Transport for London 'got away' with ticket office closures on the Tube with only minor public pushback and miscalculated that it could do the same on the national network. This assumption backfired spectacularly.

Translations

in a spectacular manner

• Catalan: espectacularment
• Finnish: loistavasti (fi), loisteliaasti (fi)
• Hungarian: látványosan (hu)
• Italian: spettacolarmente
• Polish: bajerancko
• Portuguese: espetacularmente
• Spanish: espectacularmente