Dramatically

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a dramatic manner.

    "“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a dramatic manner wordnet
  2. 2
    with respect to dramatic value wordnet
  3. 3
    in a very impressive manner wordnet

Synonyms

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drasticallyenormouslyextremelygrosslysignificantlystrikingly

Example

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"The situation has changed dramatically."

Etymology

From dramatic + -ally.

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