fabulously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti

Proto-Italic *fāōr

Latin for, fā-

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Latin -bula

Latin fābula

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Latin -ōsus

Latin fābulōsusder.

Middle English fabulous

English fabulous

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English fabulously

From fabulous + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæb.jʊ.ləs.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfæb.jʊ.lɪs.li/

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Adverb

fabulously (comparative more fabulously, superlative most fabulously)

1. In a fabulous manner.

   Synonym: fantastically

   Near-synonym: incredibly

   2. In a fashionable or glamorous manner.

      Synonyms: fashionably, glamorously

      That girl is fabulously beautiful.

   4. In an apocryphal or mythical manner; in fables.

      Near-synonyms: mythically, legendarily, parabolically, apocryphally

      Burying its head in the sand is fabulously attributed to the ostrich.

Translations

in a fabulous manner

• Catalan: fabulosament (ca)
• Danish: fabelagtig
• French: fabuleusement (fr)
• Georgian: ლეგენდარულად (legendarulad)
• German: märchenhaft (de)
• Italian: favolosamente (it), fantasticamente (it)
• Latvian: pasakaini
• Norman: fabuleusement
• Polish: bajecznie (pl), bajkowo (pl), baśniowo (pl)
• Portuguese: fabulosamente
• Russian: басносло́вно (ru) (basnoslóvno), потряса́юще (ru) (potrjasájušče), фантасти́чески (ru) (fantastíčeski)
• Spanish: fabulosamente (es), estupendamente (es)
• Swedish: fabulöst (sv)