meteorically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meteoric +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

meteorically (comparative more meteorically, superlative most meteorically)

  1. In a meteoric manner.
    • 1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Body Snatcher:
      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.