Antonyms for dramatically

Grammar : Adv

Spell : druh-mat-ik

Phonetic Transcription : drəˈmæt ɪk

Definition of dramatically

Origin : 1580s, from Late Latin dramaticus, from Greek dramatikos "pertaining to plays," from drama (genitive dramatos; see drama). Meaning "full of action and striking display, fit for a drama" is from 1725. Dramatic irony is recorded from 1907. Related: Dramatical; dramatically.

As in effectively : adv efficiently
As in desperately : adv severely

Example sentences :

The tones were dramatically exact, albeit of a more resonant quality.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

"It was the night of the Full Moon," he began, dramatically.
Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Where the characters are true, and dramatically represented, there can be no monotony.
Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker

"Girls, you are saved," proclaimed Gertrude Wells dramatically.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower

Not slowly, not with warning, not dramatically or with trumpets.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

All the callers were gone, and she swept in to Mrs. Hill dramatically.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Dramatically it was a flawless performance; intellectually it was masterful.
Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer

When she had eaten too much she would say dramatically: "I am dying!"
Extract from : « Germinie Lacerteux » by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt

The third was Elias Spinks, who walked perpendicularly and dramatically.
Extract from : « Under the Greenwood Tree » by Thomas Hardy

"Maybe she has an accomplice," said Billie dramatically, and the girls giggled.
Extract from : « Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall » by Janet D. Wheeler

Synonyms for dramatically

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