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| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : splen-did |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsplɛn dɪd |
Definition of splendidly
Origin :- 1620s, probably a shortening of earlier splendidious (early 15c.), from Latin splendidus "magnificent, brilliant," from splendere "be bright, shine, gleam, glisten," from PIE *(s)plend- "bright" (cf. Lithuanian splendziu "I shine," Middle Irish lainn "bright"). An earlier form was splendent (late 15c.).
- adv brilliantly
- Her mother thought she had never heard her sing so splendidly before.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Michael Angelo and Raphael could work as splendidly as they desired.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- Then came a fine troop all in red, nobly and splendidly clad.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- The day began so splendidly, so big with promise of great ideas.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- The river-god entertained him splendidly, and thanked him as best he knew how.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- The Earl has been so charming and everything has turned out so splendidly.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- How splendidly Lee's movements have been arrested by that demonstration!
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- A fine, strapping trio they were, splendidly horsed and admirably equipped.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- The drawing-room into which he was shown was large and splendidly furnished.
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- "You did it splendidly, Jim," he drawled, when he could speak.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
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