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spectacularly

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spec·tac·u·lar  (spk-tky-lr)
adj.
Of the nature of a spectacle; impressive or sensational.
n.
Something that is spectacular, as:
a. A single dramatic production of unusual length or lavishness.
b. An elaborate display.

spec·tacu·lari·ty (-lr-t) n.
spec·tacu·lar·ly adv.
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Adv.1.spectacularly - in a spectacular manner; "the area was spectacularly scenic"
Translations
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
spectacularly [spɛkˈtækjʊrli] advde manière spectaculaire
to be spectacularly successful → connaître un succès spectaculaire
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
spectacularly [spɛkˈtækjʊləlɪ] advin modo spettacolare
spectacularly [spɛkˈtækjʊləlɪ] advin modo spettacolare


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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.
 
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