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spec·tac·u·lar

 (spĕk-tăk′yə-lər)
adj.
Of the nature of a spectacle; impressive or sensational.
n.
Something that is spectacular, as an elaborate show or display.

spec·tac′u·lar′i·ty (-lăr′ĭ-tē) n.
spec·tac′u·lar·ly adv.
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Adv.1.spectacularly - in a spectacular manner; "the area was spectacularly scenic"
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Translations
بصورَةٍ درامِيَّه مُؤَثِّرَه
efektně
imponerendeopsigtsvækkende
látványosan
á tilkomumikinn hátt
efektne
muhteşem şekilde

spectacularly

[spekˈtækjʊləlɪ] ADV [increase, grow, improve] → de modo or manera espectacular, espectacularmente; [crash, fail] → de modo espectacular, estrepitosamente; [good] → verdaderamente, realmente; [bad] → terriblemente
spectacularly beautifulde una belleza impresionante
the campaign has proved spectacularly successfulla campaña ha sido todo un éxito or ha sido un éxito impresionante
everything went spectacularly wrongtodo salió terriblemente mal
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spectacularly

[spɛkˈtækjʊrli] advde manière spectaculaire
to be spectacularly successful → connaître un succès spectaculaire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

spectacularly

adv
(= stunningly)überwältigend
(= dramatically) successfulsensationell; improve, fail alsospektakulär; good, badunglaublich; he was spectacularly wronger hat einen Riesenfehler gemacht; to do spectacularly well/badlyunglaublich gut/schlecht abschneiden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

spectacularly

[spɛkˈtækjʊləlɪ] advin modo spettacolare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spectacle

(ˈspektəkl) noun
a sight, especially one that is very impressive or wonderful. The royal wedding was a great spectacle.
specˈtacular (-ˈtӕkju-) adjective
(negative unspectacular).
1. making a great show or display. a spectacular performance.
2. impressive; dramatic. a spectacular recovery.
specˈtacularly adverb
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References in classic literature ?
They did not work for bosses, but spectacularly and magnificently, with their own might, grappled with the great world and wrung splendid living from its reluctant hands.
Tolstoy awakens in his reader the will to be a man; not effectively, not spectacularly, but simply, really.
Then only was he permitted to be seen, spectacularly poring over large books, and casting his breeches and gaiters into the general weight of the establishment.
The 31-year-old from Liverpool spectacularly defended his WBU light-welterweight crown before the cameras of United States television.
British-trained horses failed to make the places on either occasion, and the 1986 meeting saw a pair of particular disappointments when both Dancing Brave (Turf) and Sonic Lady (Mile) spectacularly failed to make any mark.
"Rent control in both these cities appears to make housing spectacularly unaffordable," Tucker concluded.
The Dolomites, a mountain range spectacularly carved by erosion, symbolize an enduring riddle in geology.
Summary: Almost 200 people have been evacuated after Chile's Chaiten volcano, which erupted spectacularly last year, began spewing ash.
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THE stable block of a former manor house was spectacularly transformed into an elegant family home more than 20 years ago.
The two exhibitions devoted to him by his native province, Reggio Emilia, gathered more than 700 of his images and not only gave well-deserved homage to an exceptional photographer but spectacularly highlighted the change in the status of photography since the '70s and '80s, the decades during which his work developed.
Existing industrial lift cages grind up to the reception space on the third floor, where the scope of Priestman's new interventions is spectacularly revealed.