fantastically
Definition
- Adverb:
- In an exceedingly or extraordinarily good or impressive manner: Used to emphasize that something is done to an exceptional degree, often implying wonder or admiration.
- In a strange, bizarre, or fanciful manner: Resembling something from fantasy; unrealistically or imaginatively.
Usage and Examples
As an intensifier (meaning: exceedingly, extremely):
- The team performed fantastically and won the championship.
- She is fantastically talented at playing the violin.
- The new software works fantastically well.
As a descriptor of strangeness or fantasy:
- The artist painted fantastical creatures, each one fantastically detailed.
- The story was fantastically imagined, full of impossible events.
Advanced Usage and Nuances
- "Fantastically" as an intensifier is often used in informal, emphatic speech to convey a very high degree of quality or success. It is similar to "incredibly" or "amazingly."
- He managed the crisis fantastically.
- When describing something as strange or unreal, it often precedes adjectives like "complex," "detailed," or "imagined."
- The plot was fantastically convoluted.
Variants and Related Words
- Fantastic (adjective):
- Extremely good or excellent: "We had a fantastic time."
- Imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality: "He told a fantastic story about dragons."
- Fantasy (noun): The faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable.
Synonyms
- As an intensifier: Extremely, incredibly, wonderfully, fabulously, extraordinarily.
- Describing strangeness: Bizarrely, fancifully, unrealistically, whimsically.
Notes on Usage
- The primary modern use is as a synonym for "extremely well" or "exceptionally."
- The meaning related to fantasy or strangeness is less common in everyday conversation but is standard in literary or descriptive contexts.
- It is an adverb of manner and typically modifies verbs (e.g., ) or adjectives (e.g., ).
Adverb
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exceedingly; extremely
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she plays fabulously well
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