phenomenally
English
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[edit]- phænomenally (rare)
Etymology
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English phenomenal
English phenomenally
From phenomenal + -ly.
Pronunciation
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[edit]phenomenally (comparative more phenomenally, superlative most phenomenally)
- In a manner that is extraordinary or amazing.
- The tennis player's serve was phenomenally fast.
- 1991 February 11, Ed Boyce, quoting David Scondras, “Bashers With Badges”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 6:
- The police department lobbies phenomenally strongly against any civilian review board.
- 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 40:
- Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost.
- In terms of phenomena.
- 2014, Berit Brogard, Does Perception Have Content?, page 97:
- The 'old-look' and the 'bald-pink-and-wrinkled-look' are, in this context at least, one and the same. Phenomenally speaking, that is, the predicates 'old' and 'bald, pink, and wrinkled' here are equivalent […]
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[edit]in a phenomenal manner
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