remarkably

English

Etymology

remarkable + -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

remarkably (comparative more remarkably, superlative most remarkably)

1. (manner) In a remarkable manner.

   He performed the piece remarkably, offering novel interpretations to its nearly cliched passages.

2. (degree) To a noteworthy extent.

   That dog is remarkably fierce.

   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, New York Times:

     Suggestions that those leaders are irrational and their decisions unfathomable are remarkably shallow. North Korea is not a theocracy led by zealots who preach the rewards of the afterlife.

3. (evaluative) Used to draw special attention to a proposition.

   Remarkably, three State assembly elections were decided by a total of fewer than one hundred votes.

Translations

in a remarkable manner

• Dutch: opmerkelijk (nl)
• French: remarquablement (fr)
• Hungarian: feltűnően (hu), szokatlanul (hu), rendkívül (hu), módfelett (hu), szerfelett (hu), felettébb (hu)

• Spanish: extraordinariamente (es)

to a noteworthy degree

used to draw attention to a proposition