fantastically

English

Alternative forms

• fantasticly (obsolete)
• phantastically (dated)

Etymology

From fantastical +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

fantastically (comparative more fantastically, superlative most fantastically)

1. In a fantastic manner.

   He painted fantastically with everything as if in a dream.

   • 1942 March, “Notes and News: Monument to a Stillborn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:

     "The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face.

2. To an extent only in fantasy; outrageously; ridiculously.

   He was fantastically wealthy.

   • 1988, Frances Wood, “Town and Countryside”, in A Companion to China‎, 1st U.S. edition, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35:

     The provinces of Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Jilin are fantastically cold in winter, indeed one of the major tourist attractions for the hardy is the display of ice-carved figures in public parks (especially in Haerbin, Heilongjiang province). The long winters have average temperatures between — 20°C and — 27°C, although the short summers are hot.

   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎, page 15:

     One must be especially careful when using Google to determine frequency as there is a very real risk of fantastically overestimating the frequency and subsequent importance of a term.

   • 2025 June 24, Lucy Mangan, “Poop Cruise review – a fascinating look at a toilet disaster that still haunts passengers 12 years later”, in The Guardian‎:

     Every guest is appalled and fantastically humourless about the experience, even at this distance. You cannot help but wonder at cultural divides and how differently the British might have approached – or at least recalled – such events, at least in the early days. For us, surely, it would be a story for the ages. You could dine out on it for ever, so to speak.

Translations

in a fantastic manner

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: ֆանտաստիկորեն (hy) (fantastikoren) Catalan: fantàsticament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 奇特地 (zh) (qítè de), 難以置信地 / 难以置信地 (zh) (nányǐ zhìxìn de) Danish: fantastisk Dutch: fantastisch (nl) Finnish: mielikuvituksellisesti French: fantastiquement (fr) German: phantastisch (de) Greek: φανταστικά (el) (fantastiká) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: fantasticamente (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: fantasticamente Russian: фантасти́чески (ru) (fantastíčeski) Spanish: fantásticamente (es) Vietnamese: tuyệt vời (vi)

to a fantastic extent

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: հեքիաթային (hy) (hekʻiatʻayin), ֆանտաստիկորեն (hy) (fantastikoren) Chinese: Mandarin: 不可思議地 / 不可思议地 (zh) (bùkě sīyì de) Danish: fantastisk Dutch: fantastisch (nl) Finnish: mielikuvituksellisen French: fantastiquement (fr) German: phantastisch (de) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: fantasticamente (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: fantasticamente Russian: фантасти́чески (ru) (fantastíčeski) Spanish: fantásticamente (es) Vietnamese: tuyệt vời (vi)