spectacularly
/spɛktˈækjəlɚli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a spectacular manner, extraordinarily, amazingly.
Example Sentences
- "This argument turns out to be spectacularly mistaken. When fiction works, the individual and the universal are frictionlessly combined."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English spectacular Middle English -ly English -ly English spectacularly From spectacular + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more spectacularly (comparative)
most spectacularly (superlative)