remarkably

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English

Etymology

remarkable +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbli/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmɑːkəbli/
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  • Hyphenation: re‧mark‧a‧bly

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.”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.

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