Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In an impressively beautiful or magnificent manner: "splendidly" describes something done with great beauty, elegance, or visual impressiveness.
   • Extremely well; excellently: "splendidly" also describes an action performed to a very high standard, with great success or skill.

Usage Examples

• In an impressively beautiful manner:
  • The ballroom was decorated splendidly for the gala.
  • She sang the aria splendidly, her voice filling the hall.
• Extremely well; excellently:
  • He managed the complex project splendidly.
  • The team worked together splendidly to meet the deadline.

Advanced Usage

• "To get along splendidly": to have a very harmonious and successful relationship or interaction.
  • Despite their differences, the two departments got along splendidly on the joint venture.
• "To do splendidly": to perform a task with outstanding success.
  • She did splendidly in her final interviews and got the job.

Variants and Related Words

• Splendid (adjective): magnificent; very impressive; excellent.
  • They made a splendid effort.
• Splendor (noun): magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur.
  • The splendor of the palace is breathtaking.

Synonyms

• Beautifully: in a beautiful manner.
• Magnificently: in a magnificent manner; superbly.
• Excellently: in an excellent manner; superbly.
• Superbly: in an excellent or grand manner.
• Gorgeously: in a splendid or magnificent way.

Related Phrases

• Go splendidly: (of an event or process) to proceed extremely well.
  • The wedding ceremony went splendidly without a hitch.
• Turn out splendidly: to have a final result that is excellent.
  • We were worried, but everything turned out splendidly.

Related Idioms

• To come off splendidly: (of a plan or event) to be executed or concluded with great success.
  • His daring strategy came off splendidly, resulting in a major victory.

Adverb

1. in an impressively beautiful manner
   • the Princess was gorgeously dressed
2. extremely well
   • he did splendidly in the exam
   • we got along famously