Meanings
adverbmeteorically (comparative more meteorically, superlative most meteorically)
comparative more meteorically · superlative most meteorically
- In a meteoric manner.
The students, at least, swore by his name, and Fettes believed himself, and was believed by others, to have laid the foundations of success when he had acquired the favour of this meteorically famous man.
1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Body Snatcher
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meteorically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorically
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“meteorically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meteorically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorically.
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