SPECTACULARLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spectacularly mean? 

• SPECTACULARLY (adverb)
  The adverb SPECTACULARLY has 1 sense:

1. in a spectacular manner

  Familiarity information: SPECTACULARLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECTACULARLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a spectacular manner

Synonyms:

spectacularly; stunningly

Context example:

the area was spectacularly scenic

Pertainym:

spectacular (sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect)

 Context examples 

A second team made the spectacularly clear image of the planet shown here, and were even able to obtain a spectrum of the planet.

(First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet, ESO)

The chemical elements in these grains are forged inside stars and are scattered across the cosmos when the stars die, most spectacularly in supernova explosions, the final fate of short-lived, massive stars.

(Ancient Stardust Sheds Light on the First Stars, ESO)