magnificently

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/mæɡˈnɪfɪsəntli/

adverb

In a magnificent manner.

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Meanings

adverbmagnificently (comparative more magnificently, superlative most magnificently)

comparative more magnificently · superlative most magnificently

  1. In a magnificent manner.

    He was remarkably good-looking from the very onset of his manhood and without being in any way a showy spendthrift, was quite magnificently extravagant.

    1902, H. G. Wells, The Sea Lady
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    I never saw a more splendid scene: the ladies were magnificently dressed; most of them—at least most of the younger ones—looked handsome; but Miss Ingram was certainly the queen.

    1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter I, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 13–14

    The country as I saw it from the train was magnificently green, and after Shiukwan it became seriously mountainous, so that the brave new railway wound precariously up the river-banks.

    1946, Richard P. Dobson, “Kwangtung”, in China Cycle, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., →OCLC, pages 46-47

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbwonderfully

adverbin an impressively beautiful manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmagnyficently
  2. Englishmagnificently

From Middle English magnyficently; equivalent to magnificent + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan magníficament
  • magníficamentin a magnificent manner
Finnish suurenmoisesti, hienosti
  • suurenmoisestiin a magnificent manner
  • hienostiin a magnificent manner
  • upeastiin a magnificent manner
  • mahtavastiin a magnificent manner
French magnifiquement
  • magnifiquementin a magnificent manner
Italian magnificamente
  • magnificamentein a magnificent manner
Portuguese magnificamente
  • magnificamentein a magnificent manner
Spanish magníficamente
  • magníficamentein a magnificent manner
Swedish magnifikt
  • magnifiktin a magnificent manner
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