Climactically
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a climactic fashion; like, or as, a climax.
"When Ike thinks about why he loves New York, he muses on its “sense of possibility” and the ducks in Central Park and all that, but, climactically, he thinks of being another face in the crowd: “He loves the liberating feeling that this city doesn’t seem to give a damn about him and never did.”"
Example
More examples"When Ike thinks about why he loves New York, he muses on its “sense of possibility” and the ducks in Central Park and all that, but, climactically, he thinks of being another face in the crowd: “He loves the liberating feeling that this city doesn’t seem to give a damn about him and never did.”"
Etymology
From climactic + -ally.
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