Meanings
comparative more magnificently · superlative most magnificently
- 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 Lady2 more examples
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 13–14The 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
- Middle Englishmagnyficently
- Englishmagnificently
From Middle English magnyficently; equivalent to magnificent + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →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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magnificently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnificently
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