as in extremely
to a great degree
a community production of the classic musical that featured fantastically bad singing
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Recent Examples of fantastically
Creator of ‘Scarface,’ champion of Israel’s statehood: How Ben Hecht lived life the Chicago way
Between 1910 and 1924, in his fantastically eventful years as a Chicagoan, Ben Hecht wrote enough for an entire career.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
These two brilliant women develop an obsessive relationship with each other that features sizzling chemistry and leads to thrills, spills and a fantastically addictive four seasons.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 9 May 2025
The hotel has a fantastically central address (no car is needed), and famous sites, including some of the city’s top theaters and the Museumplein, are just a short walk away.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Critic’s Pick Over nearly six decades, this fantastically inventive artist experimented with paint, turning it into a sculptural medium.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
These two brilliant women develop an obsessive relationship with each other that features sizzling chemistry and leads to thrills, spills and a fantastically addictive four seasons.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 9 May 2025
The hotel has a fantastically central address (no car is needed), and famous sites, including some of the city’s top theaters and the Museumplein, are just a short walk away.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Critic’s Pick Over nearly six decades, this fantastically inventive artist experimented with paint, turning it into a sculptural medium.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantastically
Adverb
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No vaccine is perfect, the experts said, but the risk with the Covid vaccine is extremely small and the problems like a sore arm or a low-grade fever that some of his patients have experienced resolved quickly.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Mills, a longtime associate of Fiona Apple, knows this territory well: the pointed self-analysis of an extremely sensitive person.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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Huang held on, and did so through incredibly difficult stretches that included him fighting to keep his job.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Digital search features on platforms like Google aggregate from all posts available, so when Fosgate’s tweets first got popular, the biggest and most available information about her was both transphobic and incredibly cruel.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
Adverb
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Remember to look high and low, scrutinizing not just eye-level shelves but also the very top ledges and the floor beneath hanging clothes.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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The restaurant itself is long gone and most of the area looks very different, having been rebuilt after the bombing during the Second World War, but there’s an obelisk marking the spot just a few yards from Odeonsplatz square, upon which the club’s founding document is mounted.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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So, this is a terrible – terribly misguided policy.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
1 June 2025
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To introduce iPhone 26 instead of iPhone 17 seems far-fetched, especially because the iPhone 16, which will certainly remain in the range, would sound suddenly terribly old-fashioned.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Adverb
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Hamm not only spoke highly of Hendricks, but also pointed to the performance delivered by Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson across the show's seven seasons.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
3 June 2025
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Orcas are highly social ocean predators that live and travel in groups, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
Adverb
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But there are many times when Ait-Nouri resorts to his tricks too readily, with his over-elaboration putting his team in trouble.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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But as Blumhouse has scaled up and the demand for horror has increased, Blumhouse can’t make movies as modestly, and the industry too runs into challenges to continue to make horror movies work financially.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
5 June 2025
Adverb
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Adding to the shock factor of this particular comeback was how badly Indiana handled the ball in the first half.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Everlane Khaki Wide-leg Linen Pants These high-rise pants from Everlane are made from a breezy linen-viscose blend that won’t wrinkle as badly as 100 percent linen.—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
5 June 2025
Adverb
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This is typically where everyone’s hindsight becomes so damned good.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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The combo of that large, efficient head; the dampening factor of the wood handle; and a nice texture at the base of the grip just felt so damned good, strike after strike.—
Joe Jackson,
Outside Online,
20 Nov. 2024
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“Fantastically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantastically. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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