Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a fantastic manner; capriciously; whimsically.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a fantastic manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a fantastic manner.
  • adverb To an extent only in fantasy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb exceedingly; extremely

Etymologies

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fantastical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • We may apply the term fantastically virtuous to the man who will admit nothing to be indifferent in respect of morality

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  • Ideally an author generates a clear and cogent elevator pitch that will result in fantastically rapid sales.

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  • Bartz offered a pithier description: Our job is fantastic information for people in fantastically interesting ways [...]

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  • Ideally an author generates a clear and cogent elevator pitch that will result in fantastically rapid sales.

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  • To watch about 200 people, women on one side and men on the other, dressed in fantastically vibrant cloth and listening intently was an out of body experience.

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  • To watch about 200 people, women on one side and men on the other, dressed in fantastically vibrant cloth and listening intently was an out of body experience.

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  • They all interact with each other in fantastically interesting ways, probing with their mandibles and antennae, and as far as I can tell, they never complain about the work.

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  • They all interact with each other in fantastically interesting ways, probing with their mandibles and antennae, and as far as I can tell, they never complain about the work.

    In Exile 2006

  • They all interact with each other in fantastically interesting ways, probing with their mandibles and antennae, and as far as I can tell, they never complain about the work.

    In Exile 2006

  • The best thing about these books is that they are steeped in fantastically interesting and authentic historical detail.

    The Enemies of Jupiter: Summary and book reviews of The Enemies of Jupiter by Caroline Lawrence. 2005

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