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remarkably

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English

Etymology

From remarkable + -ly.

Pronunciation

Adverb

remarkably (comparative more remarkably, superlative most remarkably)

  1. (manner) In a remarkable manner.
    He performed the piece remarkably, offering novel interpretations to its nearly cliched passages.
  2. (degree) To a noteworthy extent.
    That dog is remarkably fierce.
    • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 April 2013:
      Suggestions that those leaders are irrational and their decisions unfathomable are remarkably shallow. North Korea is not a theocracy led by zealots who preach the rewards of the afterlife.
  3. (evaluative) Used to draw special attention to a proposition.
    Remarkably, three State assembly elections were decided by a total of fewer than one hundred votes.

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